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The Z-Buffer and the Simple Data Structure That Solved Hidden-Surface Visibility

The z-buffer reduced hidden-surface visibility to a per-pixel depth comparison, trading memory for a simple, order-independent algorithm that became fundamental to raster graphics hardware.

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