Apr 15, 2025 · Graphics software standards help to create and set a standard for the development of computer graphics, as there are mainly two categories or general classes of computer graphics: General programming packages and Special-purpose applications packages.

Dec 1, 1985 · GKS, which recently became the International Standards Organization (ISO) standard for computer graphics programming, is the first of a set of interlocking graphics standards. This paper outlines the important ideas behind GKS, describes its relationship with other standards and discusses the benefits of standardization.

The Graphical Kernel System (GKS) was the first ISO standard for low-level computer graphics, introduced in 1977. A draft international standard was circulated for review in September 1983. [1] [2] [3] Final ratification of the standard was achieved in 1985. [4] [5]

The aims of this part are twofold: to provide the beginner with an overview of the terminology and concepts of computer graphics, based on GKS, and to give the computer graphics expert an introduc­ tion to the GKS standard.

One of the major developments in computer graphics in the 1980s has been the emergence of the Graphical Kernel System, or GKS, as an International Standard—ISO 7942 (ISO 1985). Why was GKS developed? To answer this question, it is necessary to return to the mid-1970s.

In the area of Computer Graphics Systems, much activity in the last ten years has concentrated on the development of standard interfaces. Now the first project has attained the status of an International Standard: The Graphical Kernel System, GKS. But this first...

Explore CAD standards, graphics programming (GKS, OpenGL), and data exchange formats (IGES, DXF, STEP). College-level resource.

Jan 1, 1985 · GKS is about to be ratified as the first international standard for computer graphics. It will provide a unique base on top of which portable graphical applications software can be built. This paper traces the history of GKS and describes its main concepts.

graphics standards projects: GKS, GKS-3D, and PHIGS. These API standards are typically implemented as a collection of external procedures or subroutines that a programmer can link with his application code to obtain graphical input and cause.

This paper discusses the creation of standardized language bindings for the Graphical Kernel System (GKS), the first international standard for computer graphics programming, which was established by the ISO in 1985.