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OpenGL Shading Language
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<p>OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL) is a <a href="/facts/High_level_programming_language/smjECUhx">high-level</a> <a href="/facts/Shading_language/DyFraJM7">shading language</a> with a syntax based on the <a href="/facts/C_(programming_language)/Ky2No763">C programming language</a>. It was created by the <a href="/facts/OpenGL_ARB/njnYrDLR">OpenGL ARB</a> (OpenGL Architecture Review Board) to give developers more direct control of the <a href="/facts/Graphics_pipeline/XnF55m31">graphics pipeline</a> without having to use <a href="/facts/ARB_assembly_language/SP1E6dYj">ARB assembly language</a> or hardware-specific languages. </p>