Microsoft DirectX is a collection of application programming interfaces (APIs) for handling tasks related to multimedia, especially game programming and video, on Microsoft platforms. Originally, the names of these APIs all began with Direct, such as Direct3D, DirectDraw, DirectMusic, DirectPlay, DirectSound, and so forth. The name DirectX was coi...
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Different Generations of DirectX exist currently we are on version 9c this is a software tool employed by the Windows Operating System to achive a higher performance out of your computer's graphics. Some software depends on DirectX for it graphics playback functions, thus DirectX must be present on any PC that plays back some scripts.
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The API (application program interface) created by Microsoft for its Windows products and its Xbox console. DirectX allows developers to more easily program games for Windows and Xbox by using common hardware and software protocols.
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This Microsoft Windows API was designed to provide software developers with direct access to low-level functions on PC peripherals. Before DirectX, programmers usually opted for the DOS environment, which was free of the limited multimedia feature set that characterized Windows for many years.
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