"z-buffer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: z-buffers [plural]
Etymology: From z- + buffer. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|z-|buffer}} z- + buffer Head templates: {{en-noun}} z-buffer (plural z-buffers)
  1. (computer graphics) A buffer for the purpose of tracking the relative depths of different objects in a scene and determining which are closer to the observer than others. Wikipedia link: z-buffer Categories (topical): Computer graphics Related terms: w-buffer, z-buffering, z-culling, z-fighting, z-test Translations (Translations): Z-puskuri (Finnish), z-Buffer [masculine] (German), Z-Buffer [masculine] (German), z-Puffer [masculine] (German), Z-Puffer [masculine] (German), bufor Z [masculine] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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