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diff --git a/API.mdwn b/API.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ab909e3 --- /dev/null +++ b/API.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ + + +## Application Programming Interface (API) + +Common name used to describe the interface a programmer uses to access a library. Common 3D API's include OpenGL, Direct3D, QuickDraw3D, Renderman, Glide, and there are dozens of other lesser known ones. The two most popular real-time 3D API's these days are OpenGL and Direct3D. Glide enjoyed a dominant but brief popularity on the PC platform in the late 1990s. + + + +--- + + [[CategoryGlossary|CategoryGlossary]] |