PHIGS ISO standard, number 9592
GPHIGS Implementation carried out by G5G to the PHIGS standard
PHIGURE High-level library developed by G5G superior to GPHIGS
GPHIGS_GUI Toolkit developed by G5G to simplify use of GPHIGS or PHIGURE with MOTIF
MOTIF Toolkit provided by the Open Software Foundation above X Window
WIDGET Base object of a toolkit having resources that may be positioned by the application and providing information via a Callback mechanism .
Xm MOTIF library
Xt Intrinsics library
X11 Xwindow library release 11
PEX 3D extension of the X window protocol
TOOLKIT Complete set of widgets
Workstation PHIGS display zone
LOCATOR PHIGS graphics input used to retrieve a position (x,y,z)
CSS PHIGS graphic data base for the storage of base objects (structures)
Structures PHIGS base objects including elements (primitives, attributes,...)
Posted Structure PHIGS objects linked to a workstation in display view
PREVIEWER Utility used for displaying a file of a given type
GPHIGS.def GPHIGS default configuration file
RESOURCE Value that may be positioned as the widget is input (e.g. size, color,... )
CALLBACK User function call mechanism enabling the widget to provide information to the application.
PIM PHIGS Input Manager. Process managing the GPHIGS input
PIMM PHIGS Input Manager Motif
Server Program which manages the X events, the displays graphics and the network commands.
Client Program using the X11 requests.