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.. _c_api:

C API
=====

The CV-CUDA C API provides a low-level interface to all functionality using C functions and types.

.. note::
   For C++ developers, see the :ref:`C++ API documentation <cpp_api>` for RAII wrappers and additional type safety.
   For Python developers, see the :ref:`Python API documentation <python_api>` for equivalent functionality.

The C API uses functions and types with ``NVCV`` or ``cvcuda`` prefixes (e.g., ``NVCVImage``, ``cvcudaResize``).

NVCV - Core Types
-----------------

The NVCV library provides fundamental data types and containers for computer vision applications.

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   ../_c_api/group__NVCV__C__CORE__*
   ../_c_api/group__NVCV__C__UTIL__*
   ../_c_api/group__NVCV__C__TYPES

CV-CUDA - Operators
-------------------

The CV-CUDA library provides high-performance, GPU-accelerated computer vision and image processing operators.

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   ../_c_api/group__NVCV__C__ALGORITHM__*