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Graphics Device Interface

The Graphics Device Interface (GDI) is a legacy component of Microsoft Windows responsible for representing graphical objects and transmitting them to output devices such as monitors and printers. It was superseded by DirectDraw API and later Direct2D API.[citation needed] Windows apps use Windows API to interact with GDI, for such tasks as drawing lines…

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Graphics Device Interface

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gdi windows use graphics printer microsoft rendering window objects output later user hardware printers xp driver system devices hardware-accelerated device

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monitorsinstance ofis a legacy component of Microsoft Windows responsible for representing graphical objects and transmitting them to output devices0.80text
printersinstance ofis a legacy component of Microsoft Windows responsible for representing graphical objects and transmitting them to output devices0.80text
Adobe Flash or SVGinstance ofTheir presence in the basic graphics layer greatly simplifies implementations of vector-graphics systems0.80text
FreeBSDinstance ofthey aim to make GDI printers compatible with non-Windows operating systems0.80text
but they cannot support all printers.To allow simpler generation of drivers for Winprintersinstance ofthey aim to make GDI printers compatible with non-Windows operating systems0.80text
Microsoft developed the Universal Printer Driverinstance ofthey aim to make GDI printers compatible with non-Windows operating systems0.80text
buttonsinstance ofwith additional features0.80text
imagesinstance ofwith additional features0.80text
its GDI object usage also increasesinstance ofwith additional features0.80text
Windows 3.1instance of536 per user login session.Earlier versions of Windows0.80text
Windows 98 included a Resource Meter program to allow the user to monitor how much of the total system GDI resources were in useinstance of536 per user login session.Earlier versions of Windows0.80text
Windows 2000instance ofLater versions0.80text

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