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| NUM | 2D Graphics :
Graphics which only use x and y coordinates. 2D graphics are flat and can only be viewed at one angle. The regular Windows desktop is a 2D graphic.
3D Engine :
The software code which is responsible for the visual output in 3D graphics. This software code has to process everything from the initial geometry to the finished on screen image.
3D Graphics :
Graphics which have depth. This is any graphic which is defined with points that use x, y and z coordinates. This would be anything that can be viewed at different angles and results in a different picture.
3D-Now (3D No Waiting) :
Instructions that were added by AMD, Cyrix, and IDT processors to accelerate commonly used floating point operations. These consisted of the first 21 instructions added to the K6 line of AMD processors, and the enhanced 3D-Now with added an additional ??? instructions to the AMD Athlon and K6-2+ processors.
3D Pipeline :
The pipeline of operations that create a 2D image out of 3D co-ordinates.
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