GLX
E284583
GLX is the OpenGL Extension to the X Window System that enables rendering OpenGL graphics within X11-based applications.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| GLX canonical | 2 |
| GLX (OpenGL Extension to the X Window System) | 1 |
| GLX 1.0 | 1 |
| GLX 1.3 | 1 |
| GLX 1.4 | 1 |
| GLX extensions | 1 |
| OpenGL Extension to the X Window System | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2629076 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: GLX Context triple: [X11, supportsExtension, GLX]
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A.
X11
X11 is a widely used windowing system and network-transparent graphical protocol that provides the foundational GUI framework for Unix-like operating systems.
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B.
OpenGL
OpenGL is a cross-language, cross-platform application programming interface (API) for rendering 2D and 3D vector graphics, widely used in games, simulations, and professional visualization.
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C.
WGL
WGL is the common abbreviation for the Leibniz Association, a major German network of non-university research institutes spanning a wide range of scientific disciplines.
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D.
GEM (Graphics Environment Manager)
GEM (Graphics Environment Manager) is a graphical user interface and desktop environment developed by Digital Research in the 1980s, best known for providing the windowed GUI on Atari ST computers.
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E.
GLC
GLC is a Chicago-based rapper and longtime Kanye West collaborator known for his appearances on early Kanye albums and his affiliation with the G.O.O.D. Music collective.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: GLX Target entity description: GLX is the OpenGL Extension to the X Window System that enables rendering OpenGL graphics within X11-based applications.
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A.
X11
X11 is a widely used windowing system and network-transparent graphical protocol that provides the foundational GUI framework for Unix-like operating systems.
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B.
OpenGL
OpenGL is a cross-language, cross-platform application programming interface (API) for rendering 2D and 3D vector graphics, widely used in games, simulations, and professional visualization.
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C.
WGL
WGL is the common abbreviation for the Leibniz Association, a major German network of non-university research institutes spanning a wide range of scientific disciplines.
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D.
GEM (Graphics Environment Manager)
GEM (Graphics Environment Manager) is a graphical user interface and desktop environment developed by Digital Research in the 1980s, best known for providing the windowed GUI on Atari ST computers.
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E.
GLC
GLC is a Chicago-based rapper and longtime Kanye West collaborator known for his appearances on early Kanye albums and his affiliation with the G.O.O.D. Music collective.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
OpenGL extension
ⓘ
X Window System protocol extension ⓘ graphics API extension ⓘ |
| category |
computer graphics
ⓘ
windowing system extension ⓘ |
| definedBy | Khronos Group ⓘ |
| definedIn |
OpenGL specification extensions
ⓘ
linked to:
OpenGL
|
| enables |
hardware-accelerated 3D rendering in X Window System
ⓘ
rendering OpenGL graphics within X11-based applications ⓘ |
| extensionPrefix | GLX_ ⓘ |
| fullName |
OpenGL Extension to the X Window System
ⓘ
linked to:
GLX
|
| hasExtensionMechanism |
GLX extensions
ⓘ
linked to:
GLX
|
| hasSpecification | GLX specification ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
GLX 1.0
ⓘ
linked to:
GLX
GLX 1.1 ⓘ GLX 1.2 ⓘ GLX 1.3 ⓘ
linked to:
GLX
GLX 1.4 ⓘ
linked to:
GLX
|
| introducedSupportFor |
direct rendering
ⓘ
indirect rendering ⓘ |
| latestCoreVersion | 1.4 ⓘ |
| operatesOn |
X Window System
ⓘ
linked to:
X11
X11 ⓘ |
| originallyDefinedBy |
Silicon Graphics, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
SGI
|
| provides |
a mechanism to bind OpenGL contexts to X drawables
ⓘ
a mechanism to create OpenGL rendering contexts ⓘ an interface between OpenGL and the X Window System ⓘ support for double-buffered OpenGL rendering in X ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
EGL
ⓘ
OpenGL ⓘ WGL ⓘ Xlib ⓘ |
| standardizedBy | Khronos Group ⓘ |
| supports |
rendering to GLX pbuffers
ⓘ
rendering to X pixmaps ⓘ rendering to X windows ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
multisampling via extensions
ⓘ
stereo rendering via extensions ⓘ swap interval control via extensions ⓘ visual and framebuffer configuration selection ⓘ |
| usedOn |
BSD operating systems
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ Solaris ⓘ
linked to:
Solaris operating system
Unix-like operating systems ⓘ |
| uses | OpenGL ⓘ |
| usesTransport |
X11 protocol
ⓘ
linked to:
X11
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: GLX Description of subject: GLX is the OpenGL Extension to the X Window System that enables rendering OpenGL graphics within X11-based applications.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: GLX
linked to: GLX
linked to: GLX
linked to: GLX
linked to: GLX