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## Application Programming Interface (API)
Common name used to describe the interface a programmer uses to access a library. Common 3D API's include OpenGL, Direct3D, QuickDraw3D, Renderman, Glide, and there are dozens of other lesser known ones. The two most popular real-time 3D API's these days are OpenGL and Direct3D. Glide enjoyed a dominant but brief popularity on the PC platform in the late 1990s.
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