Glossary
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This page lists words that are frequently encountered in the context of OpenGL use, in alphabetical order.
| ARB | OpenGL Architecture Review Board. |
| Context | A collection of state, memory and resources. Required to do any OpenGL operation. |
| GL | Often used to refer to OpenGL. |
| GLU | GL Utility, an OpenGL helper library. Kind of outdated. |
| GLUT | GL Utility Toolkit, a library for creating OpenGL contexts and windows, as well as other things. Outdated, use other alternatives instead. |
| GPU | Graphics Processing Unit, a piece of hardware for graphics. |
| OpenGL | OpenGL stands for Open Graphics Library. |
| OpenGL ES | OpenGL Embedded Systems. An OpenGL based specification for systems such as mobile phones. |
| Vendor | The developer of an OpenGL implementation. |
