Definitions for "PHIGS"
Keywords:  facto, hierarchical, graphics, led, api
(n) A software program that can generate, display, and transfer computer graphics data in a compatible format.
PHIGS (Programmer's Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System) is an API standard for rendering 3D computer graphics, at one time considered to be the 3D graphics standard for the 1990s. Instead a combination of features and power led to the rise of Open GL, which remains the de facto 3D standard to this day. PHIGS is no longer used.