The DirectX pattern is continued for Windows APIs like Direct2D and DirectWrite. In the naming APIs for Xbox, such as XInput or the Cross-platform Audio Creation Tool, the X initial was used. The X initial was used by Microsoft to identify that the Xbox was based upon DirectX technology when it later developed a gaming console. It soon became the name of this collection.

DirectX was created as a shorthand for all these APIs. These APIs were originally named with the letter “Direct”, such that Direct3D and Direct3D are DirectMusic, DirectPlay, and DirectSound. Microsoft DirectX is an application programming interface that handles multimedia tasks, including game programming and video on Microsoft platforms. This software could be malicious or contain unwanted bundled programs. This was five days after Windows 7’s initial release. Microsoft released the Final Platform Update to Windows Vista on October 27, 2009. Instead, programs running on Windows XP systems with DirectX 10 hardware will use the DirectX 9.0c path, which is the most recent available for Windows XP computers. Previous versions of Windows, such as Windows XP, are not able to run DirectX 10-exclusive applications. DirectX 10 is a major update to DirectX API.

This core Windows technology drives high-speed multimedia and gaming on the PC. This package is localized into Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Swedish, and English.Microsoft DirectX End-User Runtime offers updates to DirectX 9.0c and older versions. For full details please review the DirectX SDK EULA.txt and DirectX Redist.txt files located in the license directory. The redistributable license agreement covers the terms under which developers may use the Redistributable. This download provides the DirectX end-user multi-languaged redistributable that developers can include with their product. The Microsoft DirectX End-User Runtime provides updates to 9.0c and previous versions of DirectX - the core Windows technology that drives high-speed multimedia and games on the PC.

DirectX-Redistributable (August 2008) für Windows XP und Vista

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