The X Window System core protocol is the base protocol of the X Window System, which is a networked windowing system for bitmap displays used to build...
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computing, the X Window System (commonly: X11, or X) is a network-transparent windowing system for bitmap displays. This article details the protocols and technical...
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icons do not exist at the X Window System core protocol level. When the user requests a window to be iconified, the window manager unmaps it (makes it...
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Graphics Device Interface (redirect from Windows Printing System)
example: Mac OS had QuickDraw, and Linux and Unix have X Window System core protocol. GDI's most significant advantages over more direct methods of accessing...
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GLX (category X Window extensions)
Extension to the X Window System") is an extension to the X Window System core protocol providing an interface between OpenGL and the X Window System as well as...
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developers.[clarification needed] The X.Org Server implements the server side of the X Window System core protocol version 11 (X11) and extensions to it...
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X Window System was first released in 1984 and is historically the main windowing system for Unix and Unix-like operating systems. The core protocol has...
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server using the Wayland protocol is called a Wayland compositor, because it additionally performs the task of a compositing window manager. Wayland is developed...
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The X Window System (X11, or simply X) is a windowing system for bitmap displays, common on Unix-like operating systems. X originated as part of Project...
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host to connect to the display. The xhost program and three X Window System core protocol requests are used to activate this mechanism and to display...
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clients connected with the same X server to exchange data. The X Window System core protocol includes some requests and events that are specific to selection...
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Foundation, Microsoft Message Queuing and Windows Workflow Foundation; and the core kernel, memory and file system improvements. Processors and memory devices...
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single computer scenario. X Window System core protocol X logical font description Matthieu Herrb and Matthias Hopf. New Evolutions in the X Window System....
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button assignment. Many window managers have a setting that permutes the assignment. Within the X Window System core protocol, permutation can be applied...
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Windows 11 is the current major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system, released on October 5, 2021, as the successor to Windows 10 (2015)...
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Windows 2000 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft, targeting the server and business markets. It is the direct...
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the X keyboard extension or XKB is a part of the X Window System that extends the ability to control the keyboard over what is offered by the X Window System...
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Its design was influenced by rio, the windowing system for Plan 9. The core X Window System drawing protocol does not have a way to efficiently draw...
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Windows Vista is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was the direct successor to Windows XP, released five years...
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industry – Windows (unqualified) for a consumer or corporate workstation, Windows Server for a server and Windows IoT for an embedded system. Windows is sold...
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Darwin is the core Unix-like operating system of macOS, iOS, watchOS, tvOS, iPadOS, audioOS, visionOS, and bridgeOS. It previously existed as an independent...
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AirDrop (redirect from AirDrop (OS X))
from the AirDrop protocol of iOS, and the two were therefore not interoperable. OS X Yosemite and later support the iOS AirDrop protocol on Macs released...
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Resolution protocol - the basis of file sharing with Windows. NetBEUI, NetBIOS Enhanced User Interface NCP NetWare Core Protocol PAP Printer Access Protocol RPC...
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Mac OS X Tiger (version 10.4) is the 5th major release of macOS, Apple's desktop and server operating system for Mac computers. Tiger was released to...
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UEFI (redirect from Graphics Output Protocol)
that runs, before starting the operating system. Examples include AMI Aptio, Phoenix SecureCore, TianoCore EDK II, and InsydeH2O. UEFI replaces the BIOS...
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Windows NT 3.1 is the first major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft, released on July 27, 1993. It marked the company's...
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technical functionality of the database service that is at its core. It defines the DNS protocol, a detailed specification of the data structures and data...
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NX technology (redirect from Nx (protocol))
native X display protocol so it could be used over slow connections such as dial-up modems. Originally targeting Linux-based operating systems, the core compression...
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NetWare Core Protocol (NCP) is a network protocol used in some products from Novell, Inc. It is usually associated with the client-server operating system Novell...
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EGL (API) (category Free windowing systems)
The Android mobile device operating system uses EGL for 3D graphics rendering. The Wayland display server protocol uses EGL. It is implemented in a way...
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