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Web Services: [redacted]@khronosgroup.org Homepage: https://www.khronos.org/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/khronos.org Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@thekhronosgroup Location: Beaverton, Oregon Language: EN (English) Origins of Khronos ------------------ The first standard created by Khronos was OpenML for professional video editing which is very reliant on precise timing. Chronos is the Greek god of time – so the name of the group was based on Chronos – but spelt with a K to be more distinctly recognizable – Khronos. We have continued this theme with the name of our new generation Vulkan API. Vulcan is the god of fire and forge – and the new API is also used to make powerful things – and we swapped the ‘c’ for ‘k’ again – Vulkan. 2024