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High-Level Shader Language

The High-Level Shader Language or High-Level Shading Language (HLSL) is a proprietary shading language developed by Microsoft for the Direct3D 9 API to augment the shader assembly language, and went on to become the required shading language for the unified shader model of Direct3D 10 and higher. It was developed alongside the Cg (short for C for…

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NVIDIA, Microsoft
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Shading language

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High-Level Shader Language

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High-Level Shader Language

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High-Level Shader Language → NVIDIA, Microsoft
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High-Level Shader Language → Shading language

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cg shader hlsl shaders language directx graphics model vertex programming data shading also types pixel microsoft hardware code compiler features

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High-Level Shader LanguageDeveloperNVIDIA, Microsoft1.00infobox
High-Level Shader LanguageFamilyShading language1.00infobox
the vertex's normalinstance ofand calculating lighting coefficients0.80text
tangentinstance ofand calculating lighting coefficients0.80text
and bitangent vectorsinstance ofand calculating lighting coefficients0.80text

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