A z-buffer, also known as a depth buffer, is a type of data buffer used in computer graphics to store the depth information of fragments. The values stored...

This would cause them to have near-similar or identical values in the z-buffer, which keeps track of depth. This then means that when a specific pixel...

A stencil buffer is an extra data buffer, in addition to the color buffer and Z-buffer, found on modern graphics hardware. The buffer is per pixel and...

a Z-buffer for a complex scene. Consequently, in contemporary interactive graphics applications, the Z-buffer has become ubiquitous. The Z-buffer allows...

irregular z-buffer is an algorithm designed to solve the visibility problem in real-time 3-d computer graphics. It is related to the classical z-buffer in that...

of three mechanisms: Z compression The Z-buffer is stored in a lossless compressed format to minimize the Z-Buffer bandwidth as Z read or writes are taking...

against the Z-buffer. The Z-buffer algorithm can suffer from artifacts due to precision errors (also known as Z-fighting). Coverage buffers (C-buffer) and surface...

resolution many times over the Z-buffer, with a moderate increase in cost. The A-buffer method is a descendant of the well known Z-buffer, which provides good quality...

high-impedance (Hi-Z) state. In the Hi-Z state, the output of the buffer is effectively disconnected from the subsequent circuit. Tri-state buffers are commonly...

a set of vertices in a plane. Depth buffer A bitmap image holding depth values (either a Z buffer or a W buffer), used for visible surface determination...

The term is related (and may be analogous) to depth buffer, Z-buffer, Z-buffering, and Z-depth. The "Z" in these latter terms relates to a convention that...

graphics, Z-order was applied on a per-polygon basis to avoid using Z-buffer, which was considered expensive at the time. In modern 3D graphics, Z-order is...

of on-chip 1T-SRAM (2 MB Z-buffer/framebuffer + 1 MB texture cache) with ~18 GB/s total bandwidth Embedded 24-bit Z-buffer/framebuffer RAM: 2 MB (4×...

peeling works by rendering the image multiple times. Depth peeling uses two Z buffers, one that works conventionally, and one that is not modified, and sets...

objects), and on the other hand to scale the Z values to the range 0..1, for filling the Z-buffer. This buffer often has only a resolution of 16 bits, which...

read/write) Pixel configuration: RGB:alpha, 24:8, 15:1; 16-, 24-, or 32-bit Z-buffer Display color depth: 32-bit (RGBA: 8 bits each) Pixel/Texel pipelines:...

) Depth pass testing is also known as z-pass testing, as the depth buffer is often referred to as the z-buffer. Around the year 2000, several people discovered...

double-buffered, depth buffered, RGB layout. When double-buffering isn't required, it is possible to run in full 24-bit color. Similarly, when Z-buffering is...

shape if that shape's z value is lower (indicating closer to the camera) than the z value currently in the buffer. The z-buffer requires additional memory...

painter's algorithm is sometimes employed. As Z-buffer implementations generally rely on fixed-precision depth-buffer registers implemented in hardware, there...

coherence relative to the polygons representing the ground. In contrast, Z-buffer techniques do not depend on pre-computed depth coherence and were therefore...

transparency within the algorithm, although this problem is a generic one in Z-buffered scenes and it tends to be handled by delaying and sorting the rendering...

TIFF, and DICOM. Graphical output is handled by X11, PostScript, SVG, or z-buffer terminals, the last one allowing output graphics (plots) to be saved in...

break up the repetitive monotony of the endless sewer pipes. A flat plane z-buffer was created for the game; because the water surfaces and mud in the jungle...

science, a circular buffer, circular queue, cyclic buffer or ring buffer is a data structure that uses a single, fixed-size buffer as if it were connected...

translucency and other phenomena. They can alter the depth of the fragment (for Z-buffering), or output more than one color if multiple render targets are active...

MIP-mapping, Z-buffering, alpha-blending and fogging enabled). 3 million fully featured triangles/sec (Filtered, LOD MIP-mapped, Z-buffered, alpha-blended...

that reduce overdraw, conserve memory bandwidth by compressing the z-buffer (depth buffer) and better manage interaction with the DRAM. Other architectural...

A digital buffer (or a logic buffer) is an electronic circuit element used to copy a digital input signal and isolate it from any output load. For the...

a pixel is visible from the light source, by comparing the pixel to a z-buffer or depth image of the light source's view, stored in the form of a texture...