The Graphical Kernel System (GKS) is a 2D computer graphics system using vector graphics, introduced in 1977. It was suitable for making line and bar charts...
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kernel is a computer program at the core of a computer's operating system that always has complete control over everything in the system. The kernel is...
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PHIGS (redirect from Programmer's Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System)
designed in the 1980s, inheriting many of its ideas from the 2D Graphical Kernel System (GKS) of the late 1970s, and became a standard by 1988: ANSI (ANSI...
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implementation was effectively a streamed representation of a sequence of Graphical Kernel System (GKS) primitive operations. It has been adopted to some extent...
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Computer Graphics Interface, the low-level interface between the Graphical Kernel System and hardware Common Gateway Interface, a standard for dynamic generation...
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Keller-Stiftung, a foundation and Cultural Heritage in Switzerland Graphical Kernel System, a computer graphics standard Stadion GKS, a multi-purpose stadium...
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expressing viewports; it appears for example in the Graphical Kernel System (GKS) and later systems inspired from it. In 3D computer graphics, the viewport...
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windowing system (or window system) is a software suite that manages separately different parts of display screens. It is a type of graphical user interface...
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S2CID 8662381. ISO 8651-1:1988 Information processing systems – Computer graphics – Graphical Kernel System (GKS) language bindings – Part 1: FORTRAN. Geneva...
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OpenVMS (redirect from Virtual Memory System)
Retrieved on July 17, 2013. "Software Product Description VSI Graphical Kernel System" (PDF). VSI. 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2021. "Software Product...
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HarmonyOS NEXT (redirect from HarmonyOS kernel)
a single framework as kernel mode. The operating system shares lineage with the lightweight LiteOS real-time operating system for resource-constrained...
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according to this part could be displayed by computer systems supporting the Graphical Kernel System or PHIGS. Today other display interfaces such as OpenGL...
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kernel services such as process scheduling. System calls provide an essential interface between a process and the operating system. In most systems,...
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TU Darmstadt. In 1977, he and his research group introduced the Graphical Kernel System (GKS) as the first ISO standard for low-level computer graphics...
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Ada (programming language) (category Systems programming languages)
include ISO/IEC 8651-3:1988 Information processing systems—Computer graphics—Graphical Kernel System (GKS) language bindings—Part 3: Ada. Ada is an ALGOL-like...
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Windows kernels, two SSDTs are used: One for generic routines (KeServiceDescriptorTable) and a second (KeServiceDescriptorTableShadow) for graphical routines...
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operating systems often support tracing of operating system events. A graphical view is presented by a host PC tool, based on a recording of the system behavior...
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Shell (computing) (redirect from Graphical shell)
processing, and operating system monitoring and configuration. Most operating system shells are not direct interfaces to the underlying kernel, even if a shell...
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expected. The only software systems known to support the PGC are IBM's Graphical Kernel System, P-CAD 4.5, Canyon State Systems CompuShow and AutoCAD 2.5...
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to glibc 2.1, egcs-1.2, and to the 2.2 kernel. It was the first version to use the GNOME as its default graphical environment. It also introduced Kudzu...
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the intermediate SPIR-V representation to describe both Graphical Shaders, and Compute Kernels, in a language independent and machine independent manner...
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Pascal (programming language) (redirect from Pascal-P system)
is IBM System Object Model (SOM), WPS and OpenDoc. ISO 8651-2:1988 Information processing systems – Computer graphics – Graphical Kernel System (GKS) language...
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NAPLPS (section One-way systems)
raster graphics compression became popular. In the 1980s, the Graphical Kernel System (GKS) library, based on a 1970s specification with a similar basic...
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MenuetOS (category Floppy disk-based operating systems)
MenuetOS is an operating system with a monolithic preemptive, real-time kernel written in FASM assembly language. The system also includes video drivers...
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operating system that looks and feels a bit old school but performs faster than any OS they've ever experienced." It further praised Haiku's kernel, file...
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Linux distributions are composed of a kernel, system libraries, and system utilities. Linux has a graphical user interface (GUI) with a desktop, folder...
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operating system which doesn't have a very big user base. Development can begin from existing resources like a kernel, an operating system, or a bootloader...
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getch(); closegraph(); return 0; } Allegro Graphics System Extension (GSX) Graphical Kernel System (GKS) Raylib SciTech SNAP UniVBE "Computer Graphics"...
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open-source software portal Direct Rendering Infrastructure DirectFB Graphical Kernel System Linux framebuffer SVGALib Loki Software, Inc; John R. Hall (2001)...
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Magic SysRq key (category Linux kernel features)
combination understood by the Linux kernel, which allows the user to perform various low-level commands regardless of the system's state. It is often used to recover...
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