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Overview
- Computer graphics
- Glossary of computer hardware terms
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- 2D convolution Kernel (image processing)
- Texture map
- Two-dimensional Two-dimensional space
- Vector Vector (mathematics)
- Data type
- Rasterization
- 2D computer graphics
- Graphical user interface
- 2.5D
- Graphics pipeline
- 3D models 3D model
- Bitmap image
- 3D graphics application
- Digital painting
- Zbrush
- Mudbox
- Lightsources Lightsource
- 3D rendering
- Unit vector
- 3D space
- 4D vector
- Datatype
- Homogeneous coordinates
- 3D vector
- SIMD
- Matrix Matrix (mathematics)
- Transformation Transformation matrix
- 3D graphics pipelines
- Graphics processing units Graphics processing unit
- 32-bit word
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Important terminology
glossary terms computer references hardware relating graphics general see
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| soft shadows | instance of | Distributed ray tracing Modification of ray tracing that casts multiple rays through each pixel in order to model soft phenomena | 0.80 | text |
| depth of field etc | instance of | Distributed ray tracing Modification of ray tracing that casts multiple rays through each pixel in order to model soft phenomena | 0.80 | text |
| OpenGL | instance of | Geometry shader In APIs | 0.80 | text |
| Direct3D | instance of | Geometry shader In APIs | 0.80 | text |
| geometry shader is an optional stage able to process 3D model geometry in more advanced ways than a vertex or tessellation shaders | instance of | Geometry shader In APIs | 0.80 | text |
| the perspective transform | instance of | allowing to perform non-linear transforms | 0.80 | text |
| caustics | instance of | able to simulate effects | 0.80 | text |
| light | instance of | RRadiometry Measurement of electromagnetic radiation | 0.80 | text |
| defining measures such as flux or radiance | instance of | RRadiometry Measurement of electromagnetic radiation | 0.80 | text |
| a 2D polygon or 3D polygon mesh | instance of | RGB image A bitmap image holding RGB color values in 3 image channels Rounding radius A value used in smoothing the corners of a geometric figure | 0.80 | text |
| texture space diffusion Transform feedback A feature of a rendering pipeline where transformed vertices may be written back to a buffer for later use | instance of | Used for some rendering algorithms | 0.80 | text |
| triangle strips | instance of | May be connected by primitive indices to assemble rendering primitives | 0.80 | text |
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