Mesa

free and open-source library for 3D graphics rendering
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Mesa was established in August 1993.[1]

Mesa

Summary

Mesa is a free software[1]. Mesa ranks in the top 2% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (334 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mesa is the creator of Brian Paul[3].
  • Mesa's image is recorded as Glxinfo-with-glxgears.png[4].
  • Mesa's instance of is recorded as free software[5].
  • Mesa's instance of is recorded as graphics library[6].
  • Mesa's instance of is recorded as software library[7].
  • Mesa's instance of is recorded as C library[8].
  • Mesa's founder is recorded as Brian Paul[9].
  • Mesa's logo image is recorded as Mesa3D logo.svg[10].
  • Mesa's developer is recorded as Intel[11].
  • Mesa's developer is recorded as Red Hat[12].
  • Mesa's developer is recorded as Tungsten Graphics[13].
  • Mesa's developer is recorded as VMware[14].
  • Mesa's developer is recorded as AMD[15].
  • Mesa's developer is recorded as Collabora[16].
  • Mesa's developer is recorded as Valve Corporation[17].
  • Mesa's developer is recorded as Kenneth William Graunke[18].
  • Mesa's developer is recorded as Ian Damian Romanick[19].
  • Mesa's developer is recorded as Caio Marcelo de Oliveira Filho[20].
  • Mesa's developer is recorded as Timothy Arceri[21].
  • Mesa's developer is recorded as José R Fonseca[22].
  • Mesa's copyright license is recorded as MIT License[23].
  • Mesa's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[24].
  • Mesa's programmed in is recorded as Q2407[25].
  • Mesa's programmed in is recorded as assembly language[26].
  • Mesa's operating system is recorded as Linux[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Mesa is the creator of Brian Paul[3].

Why It Matters

Mesa ranks in the top 2% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (334 views/month).[2] Mesa has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Mesa is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . mesa3d.org. mesa3d.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] . mesa3d.org. mesa3d.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . mesa3d.org. mesa3d.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . mesa3d.org. mesa3d.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . mesa3d.org. mesa3d.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . mesa3d.org. mesa3d.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . supergoodcode.com. supergoodcode.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Open Hub. Retrieved . mesa3d.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . openhub.net. openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . openhub.net. openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . openhub.net. openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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