ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Integrated Performance Primitives

Imagine you have a toy box with a variety of toys inside. Sometimes you want to play with just one specific toy, like your favorite truck. But instead of having to take out all the toys and sort through them to find the truck, you have a special tool that can go in the box and help you find the truck quickly and easily.

Well, imagine that same idea but with a computer. A computer has a lot of tasks it needs to do, but sometimes it needs to focus on one specific task like editing a video or running a game. Just like the special tool in the toy box, Integrated Performance Primitives (IPP) is a tool that helps the computer quickly and easily complete the specific task it's working on.

IPP is a collection of software libraries (think of them as a bunch of tools in a toolbox) that help a computer's processor perform certain tasks more efficiently. These libraries make it easier for software developers to create programs that work quickly and are more optimized for the specific task they're designed for, whether that's video or image processing, encryption, compression, or something else.

So, just like you have a toy box with lots of different toys that you can play with, a computer has a lot of tasks it needs to do, and IPP is a tool that helps the computer handle those tasks more efficiently and quickly.