graphical kernel system

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graphical kernel system - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Graphical Kernel System
  GKS
  
     <graphics, standard> (GKS) The widely recognised standard
     ANSI X3.124 for graphical input/output.  GKS is worked on by
     the ISO/IEC group JTC1/SC24.  It provides applications
     programmers with standard methods of creating, manipulating,
     and displaying or printing computer graphics on different
     types of computer graphics output devices.  It provides an
     abstraction to save programmers from dealing with the detailed
     capabilities and interfaces of specific hardware.
  
     GKS defines a basic two-dimensional graphics system with:
     uniform input and output primitives; a uniform interface to
     and from a GKS metafile for storing and transferring
     graphics information.  It supports a wide range of graphics
     output devices including such as printers, plotters,
     vector graphics devices, storage tubes, refresh displays
     , raster displays, and microfilm recorders.
  
     (1999-04-01)