Recommended Practices for Interactive Video Portability

Abstract

The recommended practices in this document provide platform independence for Level III interactive video systems. Platform independence permits applications to run without modification on any hardware platform based on a general class of host computers. These recommendations establish a uniform application interface and command set for achieving platform independence. They are intended for system-level, not device-level independence. The recommendations address MS-DOS and PC DOS systems based on Intel 80x86 processor architecture. Other operating systems and architectures will be addressed in the future. Adoption of the current recommendations will benefit the interactive video community by furnishing a common ground for manufacturers, system integrators, courseware developers, and end-users in a field of rapidly changing technologies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA254920

Entities

People

  • David Mcfarling
  • Geoff Snowman
  • Henry Mistrot
  • Philip Dodds
  • Scott Lewis

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Computer Program Documentation
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Design Criteria
  • Device Drivers
  • Firmware
  • Host Computers
  • Language
  • Operating Systems
  • Platforms
  • Programming Languages
  • Real Numbers
  • System Software
  • Three Dimensional
  • Video Signals

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Software Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design