What (who) is news:comp graphics - definition

PROGRAM LIBRARY DESIGNED TO AID IN RENDERING COMPUTER GRAPHICS TO A MONITOR

Graphics libraries; Graphics API

Silicon Graphics, Inc.

FORMER AMERICAN COMPANY

Silicon Graphics, Incorporated; Silicon Graphics Inc.; Silicon Graphics workstation; Silicon Graphics workstations; Silicon Graphics, Inc.; Silicon Graphics Incorporated; SGICQ; Silicon Graphics Inc

<company> (SGI) Manufacturer of workstations and software for graphics and image processing. SGI was founded by Dr. James H. Clark, who left some time before May 1994 to head Mosaic Communications Corporation. Quarterly sales $433M, profits $44M (Aug 1994). http://sgi.com/. (1994-09-26)

3D computer graphics

GRAPHICS THAT USE A THREE-DIMENSIONAL REPRESENTATION OF GEOMETRIC DATA

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3D computer graphics, or “3D graphics,” sometimes called CGI, 3D-CGI or three-dimensional computer graphics are graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of geometric data (often Cartesian) that is stored in the computer for the purposes of performing calculations and rendering digital images, usually 2D images but sometimes 3D images. The resulting images may be stored for viewing later (possibly as an animation) or displayed in real time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_computer_graphics

Self Help Graphics & Art

COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER IN LOS ANGELES

Self Help Graphics; Self-Help Graphics; Self-Help Graphics & Art; Self Help Graphics and Art; Self-Help Graphics and Art; Self Help Graphics& Art; Galeria Otra Vez; Galería Otra Vez

Self-Help Graphics & Art, Inc. is a community arts center with a mix Beaux-Arts and vernacular architecture in East Los Angeles, California, United States.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self_Help_Graphics_&_Art

Wikipedia

Graphics library

A graphics library is a program library designed to aid in rendering computer graphics to a monitor. This typically involves providing optimized versions of functions that handle common rendering tasks. This can be done purely in software and running on the CPU, common in embedded systems, or being hardware accelerated by a GPU, more common in PCs. By employing these functions, a program can assemble an image to be output to a monitor. This relieves the programmer of the task of creating and optimizing these functions, and allows them to focus on building the graphics program. Graphics libraries are mainly used in video games and simulations.

The use of graphics libraries in connection with video production systems, such as Pixar RenderMan, is not covered here.

Some APIs use Graphics Library (GL) in their name, notably OpenGL and WebGL.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics library