DirectX, a set of APIs (application programming interfaces) designed to handle multimedia tasks on Microsoft Corporation’s Windows OS (operating system). Developed in 1995, DirectX represented Microsoft’s effort to make Windows a more game-friendly platform.
In the early 1990s, game designers preferred the accessibility of the MS-DOS operating system to the more complicated Windows platform, and, as Microsoft prepared for the release of the Windows 95 OS, the company sought to attract more game developers. In 1994, Microsoft employees Craig Eisler, Alex St. John, and Eric Engstrum set to work developing what would become DirectX. The new technology acted ... (100 of 239 words)