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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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