What does ARB mean in the opengl functions?

Question

This should be easy one, I just haven't found any reference to that.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2033514/what-does-arb-mean-in-the-opengl-functions

Answer 1

ARB stands for "Architecture Review Board"

OpenglGL extensions start their life as vendor specific extensions, then they may be eventually reworked an stamped ARB and finally they might enter the core specification in a future release: see All About OpenGL Extensions.