Prefix and suffix of open gl
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The document explains OpenGL as a software interface to graphics hardware, detailing its approximately 150 commands for creating interactive 3D applications. It defines prefixes and suffixes in relation to OpenGL, noting that prefixes help avoid naming conflicts while suffixes denote data types and their sizes in C language. Various OpenGL data types and their corresponding C types are listed, such as glbyte for 8-bit integers and glfloat for 32-bit floats.
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Prefix and suffix of open gl
- 1. By: Farwa Abdul Hannan (12 – CS – 13) Prefix and Suffix of OpenGL OpenGL Library: OpenGL is a software interface to graphics hardware. This interface consists of about 150 distinct commands that are used to specify the objects and operations needed to produce interactive three dimensional applications. It also consists of different routines. Prefix: A prefix is laced at the beginning of the word to modify or change its meaning. It also helps to avoid naming conflicts if two independent groups implement a similar extension. The GLU and GLX routines begin with the prefix GLU and GLX respectively. Suffix: The Ending part of the word that modifies the meaning of the word, in OpenGL suffix represents some datatypes along with their size. Suffix Data Type C language type OpenGL Type Definition b 8-bit integer signed char GLbyte s 16-bit integer Short GLshort i 32-bit integer int or long GLint, GLsizei f 32-bit float Float GLfloat, GLclampf d 64-bit float Double GLdouble,GLclampd ub 8-bit unsigned number unsigned char GLubyte,GLboolean us 16-bit unsigned number unsigned short GLushort ui 32-bit unsigned number unsigned int or unsigned long GLuint,Glenum,GLbitfield