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Glide is a 3D graphics API developed by 3dfx Interactive for their Voodoo Graphics 3D accelerator cards. It started as a proprietary API but was later open-sourced by 3dfx. It was dedicated to rendering performance, supporting geometry and texture mapping primarily, in data formats identical to those used internally in their cards. Wide adoption of 3Dfx…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glide (API) | License | GNU General Public License[citation needed] 3DFX GLIDE Source Code General Public License | 1.00 | infobox |
| Glide (API) | License | GNU General Public License[citation needed] | 1.00 | infobox |
| Glide (API) | License | 3DFX GLIDE Source Code General Public License | 1.00 | infobox |
| Glide (API) | Operating system | Cross-platform | 1.00 | infobox |
| Glide (API) | Original author | 3dfx Interactive | 1.00 | infobox |
| Glide (API) | Stable release | 3.10.00.30303 / September 2, 2003; 22 years ago (2003-09-02) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Glide (API) | Type | 3D graphics API | 1.00 | infobox |
| Glide (API) | Website | sourceforge.net/projects/glide/ | 1.00 | infobox |
| Glide (API) | Written in | Assembly, C | 1.00 | infobox |
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