PHIGS

API standard for rendering 3D computer graphics, commonly used in the 1980s–early 1990s
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PHIGS

Summary

PHIGS is an application programming interface[1]. PHIGS draws 20 Wikipedia views per month (application_programming_interface category, ranking #61 of 120).[2]

Key Facts

  • PHIGS's instance of is recorded as application programming interface[3].
  • PHIGS's instance of is recorded as technical standard[4].
  • PHIGS's maintained by is recorded as BSI Group[5].
  • PHIGS's based on is recorded as Graphical Kernel System[6].
  • PHIGS's has use is recorded as rendering[7].
  • PHIGS's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03v08v[8].
  • PHIGS's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph117088[9].
  • PHIGS's replaced by is recorded as OpenGL[10].
  • PHIGS's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/PHIGS[11].
  • PHIGS's standards body is recorded as National Institute of Standards and Technology[12].
  • PHIGS's standards body is recorded as American National Standards Institute[13].
  • PHIGS's standards body is recorded as International Organization for Standardization[14].
  • PHIGS's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779041318[15].

Why It Matters

PHIGS draws 20 Wikipedia views per month (application_programming_interface category, ranking #61 of 120).[2] PHIGS has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] PHIGS is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . iso.org. iso.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). PHIGS. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/phigs
MLA “PHIGS.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/phigs.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_phigs_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{PHIGS}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/phigs}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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