A Windows application provides generic requests to the Windows API layer. This layer makes calls
to the Windows GDI, which in turn talks to the specific driver for the graphics hardware. For accelerated video, an application can talk directly to the DCI. The DCI driver can then receive motion-video data directly from the application, bypassing the Windows GDI. A multimedia application sends a generic command to the MCI, which relays the request to a multimedia device driver.
Flexible C++
Matthew Wilson
My approach to software engineering is far more pragmatic than it
is
theoretical--and no language better exemplifies this than C++.
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