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What is Computer Graphics?
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The use of computers to create or manipulate images.
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Define Modeling
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It deals with the mathematical specification of shape and appearance properties in a way that can be stored on the computer.
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Define Rendering
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Deals with the creation of shaded images from 3D computer models.
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Define Animation
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A technique to create an illusion of motion through sequences of images.
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Define Image Processing
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Deals with the manipulation of 2D images and is used in both the fields of graphics and vision.
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Define application program interface (API)
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A software interface that provides a model for how an application program can access system functionality, such as drawing an image into a window.
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Define Callback
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Refers to the process of using function pointers or virtual functions to pass a reference to a function.
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What is a model?
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It uses mathematical primitives such as spheres, cubes, cones, and polygons describe 3D objects.
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What is a 3D graphics pipeline?
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It is a special software/hardware subsystem that efficiently draws 3D primitives in perspective.
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Z-buffer
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Draws triangles in a valid back-to-front order. It is a special memory buffer that solves the problem in a brute force manner.
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A standard way to represent numbers on the computer.
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IEEE floating point standard
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Infinity
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This is a valid number that is larger than all other valid numbers.
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Minus Infinity
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This is a valid number that is smaller than all other valid numbers.
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Not a number (NaN)
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This is an invalid number that arises from an operation with undefined consequences, such as zero divided by zero.
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+a/(+infinite) =
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+0
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