<s>
EGL	B-Application
is	O
an	O
interface	B-Application
between	O
Khronos	B-Library
rendering	O
APIs	B-Application
(	O
such	O
as	O
OpenGL	B-Application
,	O
OpenGL	B-Application
ES	I-Application
or	O
OpenVG	B-Library
)	O
and	O
the	O
underlying	O
native	O
platform	O
windowing	B-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
EGL	B-Application
handles	O
graphics	O
context	O
management	O
,	O
surface/buffer	O
binding	O
,	O
rendering	O
synchronization	O
,	O
and	O
enables	O
"	O
high-performance	O
,	O
accelerated	O
,	O
mixed-mode	O
2D	O
and	O
3D	O
rendering	O
using	O
other	O
Khronos	B-Library
APIs.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
EGL	B-Application
is	O
managed	O
by	O
the	O
non-profit	O
technology	O
consortium	O
Khronos	B-Library
Group	I-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
acronym	O
EGL	B-Application
is	O
an	O
initialism	O
,	O
which	O
starting	O
from	O
EGL	B-Application
version	O
1.2	O
refers	O
to	O
Khronos	B-Library
Native	O
Platform	O
Graphics	O
Interface	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
version	O
1.2	O
,	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
EGL	B-Application
specification	O
was	O
OpenGL	B-Application
ES	I-Application
Native	O
Platform	O
Graphics	O
Interface	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
X.Org	B-Application
development	O
documentation	O
glossary	O
defines	O
EGL	B-Application
as	O
"	O
Embedded-System	O
Graphics	O
Library	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
10	I-Application
and	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
Tablet	I-Application
OS	I-Application
mobile	O
device	O
operating	O
system	O
uses	O
EGL	B-Application
for	O
3D	O
graphics	O
rendering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
support	O
EGL	B-Application
version	O
1.4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Android	B-Application
mobile	I-Application
device	O
operating	O
system	O
uses	O
EGL	B-Application
for	O
3D	O
graphics	O
rendering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Wayland	B-Language
display	O
server	O
protocol	O
uses	O
EGL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
implemented	O
in	O
a	O
way	O
that	O
Wayland	B-Language
clients	O
will	O
draw	O
directly	O
to	O
the	O
framebuffer	B-Algorithm
using	O
EGL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mesa	B-Application
3D	I-Application
has	O
an	O
implementation	O
of	O
EGL	B-Application
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Eagle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mir	B-Language
display	I-Language
server	I-Language
protocol	O
by	O
Canonical	O
Ltd	O
.	O
uses	O
EGL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Simple	B-Operating_System
DirectMedia	I-Operating_System
Layer	I-Operating_System
toolkit	O
has	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
use	O
EGL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
use	O
Xlib	B-Language
,	O
write	O
directly	O
to	O
the	O
framebuffer	B-Algorithm
or	O
use	O
EGL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Raspberry	B-Operating_System
Pi	I-Operating_System
single-board	O
computer	O
has	O
an	O
EGL	B-Application
interface	B-Application
to	O
hardware-accelerated	O
3D	O
graphics	O
rendering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
proprietary	O
Nvidia	O
driver	O
331.13	O
BETA	O
from	O
4	O
October	O
2013	O
supports	O
the	O
EGL	B-Application
API	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mesa	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
implementation	O
of	O
many	O
graphic	O
rendering	O
APIs	B-Application
;	O
among	O
them	O
is	O
EGL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Generic	B-Application
Buffer	I-Application
Management	I-Application
is	O
an	O
API	B-Application
to	O
manage	O
buffers	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
