DirectX

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multimedia API collection software technology

DirectX is a collection of application programming interfaces (APIs) developed by Microsoft that enables high-performance handling of graphics, sound, and other multimedia tasks, especially for games, on Windows platforms.

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Observed surface forms (22)

Surface form Occurrences
DirectX 12 4
DirectX 11 3
Direct3D 2

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf multimedia API collection ⓘ
software technology ⓘ
competesWith Metal ⓘ
OpenGL ⓘ
Vulkan ⓘ
component DXGI ⓘ
DirectX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Direct2D

DirectX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Direct3D

OpenCL ⓘ
surface form: DirectCompute

DirectX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: DirectDraw

DirectX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: DirectInput

DirectX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: DirectMusic

DirectPlay ⓘ
DirectShow ⓘ
DirectX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: DirectSound

DirectX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: DirectWrite

DirectX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: XAudio2

DirectX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: XInput
developer Microsoft ⓘ
distribution Windows SDK ⓘ
Windows ⓘ
surface form: Windows operating system
includes HLSL ⓘ
introducedFeature hardware-accelerated 3D graphics via Direct3D ⓘ
low-level GPU access (DirectX 12) ⓘ
shader model support ⓘ
language C API (earlier versions) ⓘ
C++ API ⓘ
license proprietary software ⓘ
notableVersion DirectX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: DirectX 10

DirectX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: DirectX 11

DirectX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: DirectX 12

DirectX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: DirectX 9.0
operatingSystem Windows ⓘ
surface form: Microsoft Windows

Xbox OS ⓘ
platform PC gaming ⓘ
Xbox ⓘ
surface form: Xbox gaming consoles
purpose audio processing ⓘ
game development ⓘ
graphics rendering ⓘ
high-performance multimedia handling ⓘ
input handling ⓘ
video playback ⓘ
supports 2D graphics ⓘ
3D graphics ⓘ
hardware acceleration ⓘ
targetAudience game developers ⓘ
multimedia application developers ⓘ
usedFor Windows game development ⓘ
graphics-intensive desktop applications ⓘ
real-time 3D applications ⓘ
virtual reality applications on Windows ⓘ
vendor Microsoft ⓘ
surface form: Microsoft Corporation

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

DirectX → component → DirectX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Direct3D
DirectX → component → DirectX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: DirectDraw
DirectX → component → DirectX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: DirectSound
DirectX → component → DirectX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: DirectMusic
DirectX → component → DirectX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: DirectInput
DirectX → component → DirectX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Direct2D
DirectX → component → DirectX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: DirectWrite
DirectX → component → DirectX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: XAudio2
DirectX → component → DirectX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: XInput
Windows XP → graphicsAPI → DirectX ⓘ
this entity surface form: DirectX 8
Windows XP → graphicsAPI → DirectX ⓘ
this entity surface form: DirectX 9 (with updates)
Windows 7 → includedComponent → DirectX ⓘ
this entity surface form: DirectX 11
DirectShow → introducedIn → DirectX ⓘ
this entity surface form: DirectX 5
DirectX → notableVersion → DirectX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: DirectX 9.0
DirectX → notableVersion → DirectX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: DirectX 10
DirectX → notableVersion → DirectX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: DirectX 11
DirectX → notableVersion → DirectX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: DirectX 12
DirectShow → partOf → DirectX ⓘ
this entity surface form: Microsoft DirectX
Metal graphics API → similarTo → DirectX ⓘ
subject surface form: Metal
this entity surface form: Direct3D 12
Intel Arc → supports → DirectX ⓘ
this entity surface form: DirectX 12 Ultimate
Windows 11 → supports → DirectX ⓘ
this entity surface form: DirectX 12
Intel Arc → supportsAPI → DirectX ⓘ
this entity surface form: DirectX 12
Intel Arc → supportsAPI → DirectX ⓘ
this entity surface form: DirectX 11
Intel Iris Xe → supportsAPI → DirectX ⓘ
this entity surface form: DirectX 12
RTX → supportsAPI → DirectX ⓘ
this entity surface form: Microsoft DirectX Raytracing
this entity surface form: DirectX 9.0c (with updates)
X11 → supportsExtension → DirectX ⓘ
this entity surface form: XInput
subject surface form: Bevy
this entity surface form: DirectX (via wgpu)
FMX → supportsRenderingAPI → DirectX ⓘ
this entity surface form: Direct3D