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low-level access

Close to the hardware. It refers to writing software that drives the hardware directly without going through a software translation layer and its associated overhead. An operating system can provide both low- and high-level APIs, the high-level ones being capable of very elaborate processing. The low-level APIs make programmers do more work, but allows them access to hardware features. For example, Microsoft's DirectDraw and Direct3D APIs allow direct manipulation of the frame buffer in the display adapter.

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The PERC Ultra virtual machine offers rich J2SE[TM]-based capabilities and predictable garbage collection, while PERC Pico provides the low-level access and small latencies that are often required.

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This includes the addition of new driver and service protection technology, which incorporates additional intelligence designed to identify malicious files early; thereby pre-empting the efforts of hackers to gain low-level access to the operating system.

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The LabVIEW Embedded Module for Blackfin Processors includes the fully featured and accessible ADI VisualDSP++ C development and debugging environment for low-level access and real-time, interactive debugging and deployment directly to Blackfin.

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