A setting required by some games that allows IM to take exclusive access of a device, esentially hiding it from other applications. This prevents double input in most games that are not designed with industry standard input API's.

The latest name of the controller mapping development project.

HID is a device class assigned to any device that takes physical user input and transforms it into application regignized input.

An input protocol developed by microsoft in the mid 90's designed to attempt to standardise communication between input devices and games. Direct input has been mostly replaced by XInput for most gaming devices, but Direct input remains fully supported by Microsoft due to the fact that complex devices such as flight sticks and wheels require it due to the more complex and higher number of inputs.

The latest name of the controller mapping development project.