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Compositing manager

A compositing manager, or compositor, is software that provides applications with an off-screen buffer for each window, then composites these window buffers into an image representing the screen and writes the result into the display memory. A compositing window manager is a window manager that is also a compositing manager.

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AmigaBit blitsBlitterMac OS X 10.0 (Cheetah)Operating system
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Compositing and 3D effects in operating systems

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BufferCompositesWindow manager2D3D
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Contrast with stacking window managers

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Compositing and 3D effects in operating systems

Usability and eye candy

Operating systems with compositing window managers

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Compositing manager

Nodes142
Edges141
Triples51
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014085
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Compositing manager

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related to X11 and Wayland · 15
Compositing manager → AIGLX, ATI, Composite Extension, Compositing, Currently, Intel, NVIDIA, OpenGL, Originally, Stacking, The, Under X11, Window System, X11, Xgl
related to List of standalone compositing managers · 14
Compositing manager → Cairo, Cairo Compmgr, Cairo Composite Manager, CompizCompton, Compton, GTK, It, MCompositor, MeeGo, Not, Picom-a, Unagi Compositing Manager, X11, XCB

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window compositing windows manager managers user compiz may 3d effects hardware desktop also kwin system compositor applications switching use display

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
blendinginstance ofapplying 2D and 3D animated effects0.80text
fadinginstance ofapplying 2D and 3D animated effects0.80text
scalinginstance ofapplying 2D and 3D animated effects0.80text
rotationinstance ofapplying 2D and 3D animated effects0.80text
duplicationinstance ofapplying 2D and 3D animated effects0.80text
bendinginstance ofapplying 2D and 3D animated effects0.80text
contortioninstance ofapplying 2D and 3D animated effects0.80text
shufflinginstance ofapplying 2D and 3D animated effects0.80text
blurringinstance ofapplying 2D and 3D animated effects0.80text
redirecting applicationsinstance ofapplying 2D and 3D animated effects0.80text
and translating windows into one of a number of displaysinstance ofapplying 2D and 3D animated effects0.80text
virtual desktopsinstance ofapplying 2D and 3D animated effects0.80text

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