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DirectDraw Surface

Summary

DirectDraw Surface is a file format[1]. It draws 83 Wikipedia views per month (file_format category, ranking #82 of 297).[2]

Key Facts

  • DirectDraw Surface's instance of is recorded as file format[3].
  • DirectDraw Surface's developer is recorded as Microsoft[4].
  • DirectDraw Surface's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b6k5w[5].
  • DirectDraw Surface's described at URL is recorded as https://www.sweetscape.com/010editor/repository/files/DDS.bt[6].
  • DirectDraw Surface's media type is recorded as image/vnd-ms.dds[7].
  • DirectDraw Surface's media type is recorded as image/x-direct-draw-surface[8].
  • DirectDraw Surface's file extension is recorded as dds[9].
  • DirectDraw Surface's PRONOM file format ID is recorded as fmt/1040[10].
  • DirectDraw Surface's File Format Wiki page ID is recorded as DirectDraw_Surface[11].
  • DirectDraw Surface's file format identification pattern is recorded as 44445320[12].

Body

Designation and Status

DirectDraw Surface's instance of is recorded as file format[3].

Why It Matters

DirectDraw Surface draws 83 Wikipedia views per month (file_format category, ranking #82 of 297).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Microsoft

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . msdn.microsoft.com. Retrieved . msdn.microsoft.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . snisurset.net. Retrieved . snisurset.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . msdn.microsoft.com. Retrieved . msdn.microsoft.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . TrID. mark0.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). DirectDraw Surface. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/directdraw-surface
MLA “DirectDraw Surface.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/directdraw-surface.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_directdraw-surface_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{DirectDraw Surface}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/directdraw-surface}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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