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Tag: rasterization

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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Jack Bresenham and the Line Algorithm That Made Raster Graphics Efficient

Jack Bresenham transformed line drawing into an incremental integer decision process, giving plotters and raster displays an efficient way to approximate continuous geometry.

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