A collection of programming abbreviations.
Abbreviation
| Abbreviation | Full Name | Related Link | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACES | Academic Color Encoding System | ||
| AGP | Accelerated Graphics Port | ||
| AWS | Amazon Web Service | ||
| BSP | Binary Space Partition | wiki | |
| CB Test | Certification Body Test | IECEE | |
| CICD | Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery | Part of Deployment Pipeline; CICD in the Wild | |
| COM | Components Object Model | ||
| CSO | Compiled Shader Object | ||
| CTAD | Class Template Argument Deduction | ||
| DAG | Directed Acyclic Graph (graph theory) | wiki | |
| DLL | Dynamic-Link Library | ||
| DMA | Direct Memory Access | ||
| DVI | Digital Visual Interface | ||
| DXGI | DirectX Graphics Infrastructure | ||
| FBX | Filmbox (a 3D Asset exchange format) | Autodesk | |
| FMAC | Floating Multiply-ACcumulate | ||
| GART | Graphics Address Remapping Table | ||
| GDI | Windows Graphics Device Interface | ||
| GUID | Global Unique Identifier; (5 Types: date-time & MAC address; DCE Security; MD5 hash & namespace; random; SHA-1 hash & namespace) | quick guide; msdn; guid | |
| HDMI | High-Definition Multimedia Interface | ||
| HDR | High Dynamic Range | HDR vs SDR | |
| IOMMU | Input-Output Memory Management Unit | Refer to Picture 1 | |
| IaaS | Infrastructure as a Service | e.g. AWS | |
| KPI | Key Performance Indicator | ||
| MBPS | megabit per second | ||
| MIPS | millions of instructions per second | ||
| PCH | Platform Controller Hub | ||
| PCIE | Peripheral Component Interconnect Express | Refer to Picture 2 | |
| PaaS | Platform as a Service | e.g. Google App Engine | |
| RPC | Remote Procedure Call | wiki | |
| RPM | Revolutions Per Minute | ||
| SDR | Software-Defined Radio (v.s. HDR) | ||
| SoC | System-on-a-Chip | ||
| SWD | Serial Wire Debug | An electrical interface | |
| TBB | Threading Building Blocks (Intel) | ||
| TD | Test Data | ||
| TLS | Transport Layer Security | wiki; IETF | |
| UMD | User-Mode Graphics Driver | ||
| VGA | Video Graphics Array connector (15-pin) | ||
| WDDM | Windows Display Driver Model | design guide; workflow | |
| WRL | Windows Runtime Library | WRL; WinRT | |
| XFB | Binary Device Interface File Format Header | AXway File Broker |
Useful Tools
- QT: https://resources.qt.io/resources-by-content-type-videos-demos-tutorials
- Openframeworks: https://openframeworks.cc/
- Jenkins
- Visual Leak Detector
- Bullseye
- WinUSB
- Unreal
- Arnold
Common “Slang” in Computer Graphics
- AO: Ambient Occlusion (A shading and rendering technique used to calculate how exposed each point in a scene is to ambient lighting.)
- AZDO: Approaching Zero Driver Overhead; OpenGL Efficiency
- BSDF = BRDF + BTDF
- BSDF: Bidirectional Scattering Distribution Function
- BRDF: Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function
- BTDF: Bidirectional Transmittance Distribution Function
- Incident Light Beam => Specular Reflection + Specular Transmition + BSDF
- BSP: Binary Space Partitioning (A spatical data structure)
- BVH: Bounding Volume Hierarchy
- CSG: Constructive Solid Geometry
- DXR: DirectX Raytracing (A feature of Microsoft’s DirectX that allows for HW real-time raytracing). Announcement.
- GDDR: Graphics Double Data Rate
- GI: Global Illumination
- GPGPU: General Purpose computing on GPUs.
Performs non-specialized calculations which are typically be conducted by the CPU. Started from NVIDIA GeForce 3, CUDA allowed programmers to ignore the underlying graphical concepts in favor of more common high-performance computing concepts. Microsoft’s DirectCompute and Apple/Khronos Group’s OpenCL followed up later, which means that modern GPGPU pipelines can leverage the speed of a GPU without requiring full and explicit conversion of the data to a graphical form. - GTI: Graphics Technology Interface.
- Mip: Multim in Parvo (Latin)(i.e. much in a small space)
- PBR: Physically Based Rendering (A rendering modes opposite to Classic mode)
- TBR/TBDR: Tiled Based Deferrd Architecture, The tech used to balance GPU power & performance on mobiles.
- TCB control: tension, continuity and bias control. A technique to tweak the shape of the curve.
- TIN: Triangular Irregular Network
- TLB: Translation Lookaside Buffer
- UV Mapping: Suface Parameterization/Texture Coordinate Fundation
- VFX: Visual Effects, including:
- Special effects
- Phsical effects
- Digital effects (short to FX or digital FX)
- Matte paintings and stills
- Motion capture (Mo-Cap)
- Modelling
- Animation
- Compositing
- Simulation
- Special effects
Appending Picture
IOMMU
PCI Express
