Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  Passage: Microsoft DirectX bụ nchịkọta nke ngwa mmemme mmemme (API) maka ijikwa ọrụ metụtara multimedia, karịsịa mmemme egwuregwu na vidiyo, na nyiwe Microsoft. Na mbụ, aha ndị API ndị a niile malitere na Direct, dị ka Direct3D, DirectDraw, DirectMusic, DirectPlay, DirectSound, na ihe ndị ọzọ. A na-akpọ aha DirectX dị ka okwu mkpirisi maka API ndị a niile (X na-anọchi anya aha API) ma n'oge na-adịghị anya ghọrọ aha nchịkọta. Mgbe Microsoft mechara mepụta console egwuregwu, a na-eji X eme ihe dị ka ihe ndabere nke aha Xbox iji gosi na console ahụ dabeere na teknụzụ DirectX. A na-ebute X mbụ na aha nke API ndị e mere maka Xbox dị ka XInput na Cross-platform Audio Creation Tool (XACT), ebe a nọgidere na-eme DirectX maka Windows API dị ka Direct2D na DirectWrite.  Ajụjụ: N'elu ikpo okwu ndị a ka a na-eji API ndị a?
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