DirectDraw Surface

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DirectX 7.0 Direct3D 10 Array GIMP

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Overview

Microsoft Compressed S3 Texture Compression GPUs Textures

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Developed by: Microsoft
Initial release: 1999; 27 years ago (1999)
Internet media type: image/vnd.ms-dds, image/x-dds, image/x-direct-draw-surface
Magic number: 'D' 'D' 'S' ' '
Type of format: Image file formats
Uniform Type Identifier (UTI): com.microsoft.dds

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Microsoft
Compressed Data compression
S3 Texture Compression
GPUs Graphics processing unit
Textures Texture (computer graphics)
Cubic environment maps Cube mapping
Data file
File extension

History

DirectX 7.0
Direct3D 10
Array Array data structure
GIMP

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Avg. degree1.87

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DirectDraw Surface

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Developed by · 1

DirectDraw Surface → Microsoft

Filename extension · 1

DirectDraw Surface → .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .dds

Initial release · 1

DirectDraw Surface → 1999; 27 years ago (1999)

Internet media type · 1

DirectDraw Surface → image/vnd.ms-dds, image/x-dds, image/x-direct-draw-surface

Magic number · 1

DirectDraw Surface → 'D' 'D' 'S' ' '

Type of format · 1

DirectDraw Surface → Image file formats

Uniform Type Identifier (UTI) · 1

DirectDraw Surface → com.microsoft.dds

Website · 1

DirectDraw Surface → docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/direct3ddds/dx-graphics-dds

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format file data compressed textures microsoft texture storing directx directdraw dds formats extension support s3 compression direct3d initial gpus 10

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Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
DirectDraw Surface	Developed by	Microsoft	1.00	infobox
DirectDraw Surface	Filename extension	.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .dds	1.00	infobox
DirectDraw Surface	Initial release	1999; 27 years ago (1999)	1.00	infobox
DirectDraw Surface	Internet media type	image/vnd.ms-dds, image/x-dds, image/x-direct-draw-surface	1.00	infobox
DirectDraw Surface	Magic number	'D' 'D' 'S' ' '	1.00	infobox
DirectDraw Surface	Type of format	Image file formats	1.00	infobox
DirectDraw Surface	Uniform Type Identifier (UTI)	com.microsoft.dds	1.00	infobox
DirectDraw Surface	Website	docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/direct3ddds/dx-graphics-dds	1.00	infobox
BC6H	instance of	as well as support for new Direct3D 10.x and 11 texture formats	0.80	text
BC7.Initial DDS support landed in GIMP 2.10.10 released on April 4	instance of	as well as support for new Direct3D 10.x and 11 texture formats	0.80	text
2019	instance of	as well as support for new Direct3D 10.x and 11 texture formats	0.80	text

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