How Software Works

Index

Numbers

2001: A Space Odyssey, 142

2D graphics, 61–69

3D graphics, 69. See also rendering

A

acquire operation, 168, 170

adder circuit, 164

additive color mixing, 60

AES (Advanced Encryption Standard), 9–18, 55

block chaining, 15, 55

combining with RSA, 48–49

data organization under, 11

key expansion, 13–14

overview, 12

performance vs. RSA, 48

possible weaknesses, 17–18

S-box, 13, 14

security of, 16

aliasing, 66, 80, 99

all-pairs shortest path, 183. See also Floyd’s algorithm

alpha blending, 67–68, 82

alpha channel, 68, 78, 82

alpha level, 67

ambient lighting, 96–97

ambient occlusion, 96

American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII), 12, 20–22, 119–120

AND (bitwise operation), 23, 25

angle of incidence, 74, 75

angle of reflectance, ...