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Render (fat or verdict)

Boiling down animal fat to make lard, or formally delivering a judicial verdict in a court of law.

First in use: the 1300s
Duplicate · right

Rendering (computer graphics)

The algorithmic generation of a 2D or 3D visual image, video, or webpage from coded geometry, text, and styles.

First in use: the 1960s

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Lard vs. ray tracing.

Which meaning of Render is the original, and which one is the duplicate riding on its name? Render (fat or verdict) came first (the 1300s). Rendering (computer graphics) arrived in the 1960s. The data below shows which one owns the word now.

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