Ko te Microsoft DirectX he kohinga o ngā atanga papatono tono (API) mō te whakahaere i ngā mahi e pā ana ki te rongorau, rawa te hōtaka kēmu me te ataata, i runga i ngā tüäpapa Microsoft. I te timatanga, tīmata katoa nga ingoa o enei API ki te Direct, pērā i Direct3D, DirectDraw, DirectMusic, DirectPlay, DirectSound, me pera i runga i. I tapaina te ingoa DirectX rite te kupu poto mo enei API katoa (te X tu i roto i mo nga ingoa API motuhake) a hohoro ka riro i te ingoa o te kohinga. A, no te whakaturia Microsoft i muri ake ki te whakawhanake i te papatohu petipeti, i whakamahia te X rite te pūtake o te ingoa Xbox ki te tohu i i hāngai te papatohu i runga i te hangarau DirectX. Kua kawea te X tuatahi i roto i te whakaingoa o API hangaia mo te Xbox X pērā i te Tool Creation Cross-Platform Audio (ACTX), i te mea kua tonu te tauira DirectWrite APIs pērā i te Windows 2 me runga i enei tüäpapa.
Ko te Microsoft