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A '''Windows accelerator''' was a type of [[Graphics processing unit]] for [[personal computers]] with additional acceleration features like 2d [[line-drawings]], [[blitter]], [[Clipping (computer graphics)|clipping]], [[font caching]], [[hardware cursor support]], [[color expansion]], [[linear addressing]], and pattern, polygon and area fills.

The functionality marketed for [[hardware acceleration|accelerating]] the [[Microsoft Windows]] [[operating system]].

These have been superseded by multipurpose [[GPU]]s which include acceleration for [[3d graphics]].

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To make use of these accelerator or coprocessor based video cards, a Windows Graphic driver for the specific video chipset was necessary.

== See also ==

* [[SVGA]]

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==References==

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