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'''GDDM''' ('''Graphical Data Display Manager''') is a [[computer graphics]] system for the IBM [[System/370]] which was developed in [[IBM]]'s [[Hursley House|Hursley lab]], and first released in 1979. GDDM was originally designed to provide programming support for the [[IBM 3279]] colour display terminal and the associated 3287 colour printer. The 3279 was a colour graphics terminal designed to be used in a general business environment.

GDDM was extended in the early 1980s to provide graphics support for all of IBM's display terminals and printers, and ran on all of IBM's mainframe operating systems.

GDDM also provided support for the (then current) international standards for interactive computer graphics: [[Graphical Kernel System|GKS]] and [[PHIGS]]. Both GKS and PHIGS were designed around the requirements of [[CAD]] systems.

GDDM is also available on the IBM i midrange operating system, as well as it‘sits predecessor, the AS/400.<ref>{{cite web |title=Creating Presentation Graphics with GDDM |url=https://www.mcpressonline.com/analytics-cognitive/document-management/creating-presentation-graphics-with-gddm |website=MC Press Online |accessdate=Mar 1, 2020}}</ref>

GDDM comprises a number of components:

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* Graphics primitives - lines, circles, boxes etc.

* Graphing - through the Presentation Graphics Feature (PGF)

* Language support - [[PL/I]], [[REXX]], [[COBOL]] etc.

* Conversion capabilities - for example to GIF format.

* Interactive Chart Utility (ICU).

GDDM remains in widespread use today, embedded in many [[z/OS]] applications, as well as in Systemsystem programs.

==GDDM and OS/2 Presentation Manager==

IBM and [[Microsoft]] began collaborating on the design of [[OS/2]] in 1986. The Graphics Presentation Interface (GPI), the graphics [[API]] in the OS/2 [[Presentation Manager]], was based on IBM's GDDM and the Graphics Control Program (GCP). GCP was originally developed in Hursley for the 3270/PC-G and 3270/PC-GX terminals.

The GPI was the primary graphics [[API]] for the [[OS/2]] operating system.

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==References==

{{Reflist}}

* Charles Petzold, '' Programming the OS/2 Presentation Manager'', Microsoft Press, 1989. {{ISBN|1-55615-170-5}}.

==External links==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050117192808/http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/history/year_1979.html announcement of 3279 and 3287.]

* [http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/history/year_1979.html announcement of 3279 and 3287.]

* [https://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_61/books_web/sc410536.pdf GDDM Programming Guide]