What is DirectX? DirectX is comprised of application programming interfaces (APIs) that are grouped into two classes: the DirectX Foundation layer, and the DirectX Media layer. These APIs enable programs to directly access many of your computer’s hardware devices. What is DirectDraw? The Microsoft DirectDraw API supports extremely fast, direct access to...

What is Java Programming Language? The Java programming language is a high-level language that can be characterized by all of the following buzzwords: Simple Architecture neutral Object oriented Portable Distributed High performance Interpreted Multithreaded Robust Dynamic Secure How java language works? With most programming languages, you either compile or...

What is C++? C++ is a object-oriented programming language developed by Bjourne Stroustrup at Bell Laboratories during 1983-1985 as a superset of the C language. C++ to date is one of the most widely used, powerful programming languages. It perhaps surpasses any other programming language in performance even today, with other object oriented languages around...

What’s the difference between a programming language, a scripting language? The main difference between a “programming language” (C, C++ etc.) and a “scripting language” (ASP, JSP, JavaScript, VBScript) is that code written in a programming language needs to be compiled before it is run. Once it is compiled, it can be run any number...

What is C language? The programming language C was originally developed by Dennis Ritchie of Bell Laboratories and was designed to run on a PDP-11 with a UNIX operating system. Although it was originally intended to run under UNIX, there has been a great interest in running it under the MS-DOS operating system on the IBM PC and compatibles. What’s the best...