Lingo
All the words, or at least some of them
| aliasing | . Appearance of jagged curves, due to selection of pixels (points) that fits the curve i a strict geometrical way. |
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| antialiasing | . Removing aliasing (jagged appearance) by means of offset resampling or smoothing in other ways. |
| API | Application Program Interface. A set of routines, protocols and tools offered by a development toolkit for program development. |
| BCL | Basic Class Libraries. Basic class structure in .Net which constitutes an alternative to the traditional Windows API and the traditional MFC (Microsoft Foundation Classes). |
| GLUT | The OpenGL Utility Toolkit. Library that facilitates OpenGL in simple windows, independant of operating system. |
| Gouraud shading | . Creating shading on a surface based on interpolation of colors in the surface corners. |
| JOGL | Java OpenGl binding. A java library the interface the OpenGL library. |
| KISS | Keep It Simple Stupid. Highly underestimated principle for explaining complicated ands less complicated systems og any kind. |
| MFC | Microsoft Foundation Classes. Class structute that makes Windos API accessible for object-oriented languages, like C++. Replaced by BCL (Basic Class Libraries) in .Net. |
| MIP Map | MIP (multum in parvo, Latin for many things in a small place). A storage technique for storing multiple levels of detail for an image, for instance used as atexture. |
| NURB | Non Uniform Rational B-splines.. A thecnique for describing curves and surfaces in Computer Graphics. |
| OpenGL | Open Graphics Library. Library for 3D graphics. originally from Silicon Graphics. |
| SVG | Scalable Vector Graphics. A XML-based language for describing vector graphics in 2D. |
