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Proton is developed by Valvein cooperation with developers from CodeWeavers.[2] It is a collection of software and librariescombined with a patchedversion of Wineto improve performance and compatibility with Windows games. Proton is designed for integration into the Steamclient as "Steam Play".[3]
Direct3D is a graphics application programming interface (API) for Microsoft Windows. Part of DirectX, Direct3D is used to render three-dimensional graphics in applications where performance is important, such as games. Direct3D uses hardware acceleration if it is available on the graphics card, allowing for hardware acceleration of the entire ...
Trident (software) Trident [1] [2] [3] (also known as MSHTML [1] [2] [5]) is a proprietary browser engine for the Microsoft Windows version of Internet Explorer, developed by Microsoft . MSHTML debuted with the release of Internet Explorer 4 in 1997. For versions 7 and 8 of Internet Explorer, Microsoft made significant changes to MSHTML's ...
OpenVR is a software development kit (SDK) and application programming interface (API) developed by Valve for supporting the SteamVR [ 1][ 2] and other virtual reality headset devices. [ 3][ 4] The SteamVR platform uses it as the default application programming interface and runtime. [ 5] It serves as the interface between the virtual reality ...
DirectSound is a deprecated software component of the Microsoft DirectX library for the Windows operating system, superseded by XAudio2. It provides a low-latency interface to sound card drivers written for Windows 95 through Windows XP and can handle the mixing and recording of multiple audio streams. DirectSound was originally written for ...
DirectPlay. DirectPlay is part of Microsoft 's DirectX API. It is a network communication library intended for computer game development, although it can be used for other purposes. DirectPlay is a high-level software interface between applications and communication services that allows games to be connected over the Internet, a modem link, or ...
Steam is a video game digital distribution service and storefront managed by Valve. It was launched as a software client in September 2003 to provide game updates automatically for Valve's games and expanded to distributing third-party titles in late 2005. Steam offers various features, like game server matchmaking with Valve Anti-Cheat ...
Vulkan targets high-performance real-time 3D-graphics applications, such as video games and interactive media, and highly parallelized computing. Vulkan is intended to offer higher performance and more efficient CPU and GPU usage compared to the older OpenGL and Direct3D 11 APIs. It does so by providing a considerably lower-level API for the ...