<s>
MiniGLX	B-Library
is	O
a	O
specification	B-Application
for	O
an	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interface	I-Application
which	O
facilitates	O
OpenGL	B-Application
rendering	O
on	O
systems	O
without	O
windowing	B-Application
systems	I-Application
,	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
without	O
an	O
X	B-Operating_System
Window	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
or	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
without	O
a	O
windowing	B-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
interface	O
is	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
the	O
GLX	B-Device
interface	O
,	O
plus	O
a	O
minimal	O
set	O
of	O
Xlib-like	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Programs	O
written	O
for	O
Mini	O
GLX	B-Device
can	O
run	O
unchanged	O
on	O
systems	O
with	O
the	O
X	B-Operating_System
Window	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
and	O
the	O
GLX	B-Device
extension	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MiniGLX	B-Library
is	O
currently	O
implemented	O
within	O
the	O
Mesa	B-Application
3D	I-Application
project	O
that	O
provides	O
a	O
means	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
Direct	B-Application
Rendering	I-Application
Infrastructure	I-Application
when	O
the	O
X	B-Operating_System
Window	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
is	O
not	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
essence	O
it	O
provides	O
functions	O
that	O
mimic	O
those	O
of	O
X	B-Operating_System
,	O
so	O
that	O
programs	O
written	O
using	O
MiniGLX	B-Library
should	O
be	O
compilable	O
as	O
X	B-Operating_System
Window	I-Operating_System
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MiniGLX	B-Library
renders	O
directly	O
to	O
the	O
framebuffer	B-Algorithm
device	O
or	O
through	O
accelerated	O
DRI	O
drivers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MiniGLX	B-Library
allows	O
only	O
one	O
window	O
(	O
which	O
fills	O
the	O
whole	O
framebuffer	B-Algorithm
)	O
to	O
exist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
existing	O
source	O
code	O
were	O
extended	O
,	O
MiniGLX	B-Library
could	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
GPGPU	B-Architecture
applications	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
power	O
of	O
graphics	B-Device
card	I-Device
processors	O
for	O
general	O
,	O
non-graphical	O
tasks	O
,	O
as	O
long	O
as	O
no	O
other	O
driver	O
uses	O
the	O
graphics	B-Device
card	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nvidia	O
has	O
already	O
integrated	O
support	O
for	O
using	O
the	O
graphics	B-Architecture
processing	I-Architecture
unit	I-Architecture
on	O
Nvidia	O
cards	O
for	O
application	O
programming	O
into	O
its	O
proprietary	B-Application
3D	O
graphic	O
driver	O
.	O
</s>
