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 … See more

DirectX is composed of multiple APIs:
• Direct3D (D3D): Real-time 3D rendering API
• DXGI: Enumerates adapters and monitors and … See more

Various releases of Windows have included and supported various versions of DirectX, allowing newer versions of the operating system to continue running applications … See more

• ActiveX
• Direct3D
• DirectX plugin
• DxDiag
• Graphics Device Interface (GDI)
• Graphics pipeline See more

In late 1994, Microsoft was ready to release Windows 95, its next operating system. An important factor in its value to consumers was the programs that would be able to run on it. … See more

DirectX 9
Introduced by Microsoft in 2002, DirectX 9 was a significant release in the DirectX family. It brought many important features and enhancements to the graphics capabilities of Windows. At the time of its release, it supported See more

There are alternatives to the DirectX family of APIs, with OpenGL, its successor Vulkan, Metal and Mantle having the most features comparable to See more