Originally, the names of these APIs all began with Direct, such as Direct3D, DirectDraw, DirectMusic, DirectPlay, DirectSound, and so forth.

Originally the company was to be called " R. E. Olds Motor Car Company ," but the owner of Olds ' previous company, then called Olds Motor Works, objected and threatened legal action on the grounds of likely confusion of names by consumers.

Originally known as Bronson, after founder Titus Bronson, in the township of Arcadia, the names were both changed to " Kalamazoo " in 1836 and 1837, respectively.

Originally none of the members of the Addams family had names, but when the 1960s television show was in development, Charles Addams was asked to provide names for each of the characters.

Originally called " Hitokage " in Japanese, Nintendo decided to give the various Pokémon species " clever and descriptive names " related to their appearance or features when translating the game for western audiences as a means to make the characters more relatable to American children.

Originally, the party wanted to keep the name of the faction, but was prevented from doing so due to the similarity of names.

Originally named Glen Alpine School because of its nearness to the pioneer post office of the same name, the school was known by many other names, including the Campbell School, Mtichell School and Willats School.

Originally called " Kamex " in Japanese, Nintendo decided to give the various Pokémon species " clever and descriptive names " related to their appearance or features when translating the game for western audiences as a means to make the characters more relatable to American children.

Originally called " Zenigame " in Japanese, Nintendo decided to give the various Pokémon species " clever and descriptive names " related to their appearance or features when translating the game for western audiences as a means to make the characters more relatable to American children.

Originally called " Lucky " in Japanese, Nintendo decided to give the various Pokémon species " clever and descriptive names " related to their appearance or features when translating the game for western audiences as a means to make the characters more relatable to American children.

Originally there were only six charanams for the song and when the disciples examined the song it contained ninety names of Lord Rama in mellifluous Sanskrit.

Originally established in July 1933 as a subsidiary of the Blohm & Voss shipyards, it has managed to survive under different names as part of different consortia from its German national socialist roots to its present day form as part of the Airbus / European aerospace program.

Originally called " Lizardo " in Japanese, Nintendo decided to give the various Pokémon species " clever and descriptive names " related to their appearance or features when translating the game for western audiences as a means to make the characters more relatable to American children.

Originally called " Pukurin " in Japanese, Nintendo decided to give the various Pokémon species " clever and descriptive names " related to their appearance or features when translating the game for western audiences as a means to make the characters more relatable to American children .. As a result it was renamed Wigglytuff, which IGN claims is a combination of the word " wiggly " and " tuff ", the latter having a dual meaning of both " tough " and " tuft ".

Originally called " Koratta " in Japanese, Nintendo decided to give the various Pokémon species " clever and descriptive names " related to their appearance or features when translating the game for western audiences as a means to make the characters more relatable to American children.

Originally called " Thunder " in Japanese, Nintendo decided to give the various Pokémon species " clever and descriptive names " related to their appearance or features when translating the game for western audiences as a means to make the characters more relatable to American children.

Originally called " Fire " in Japanese, Nintendo decided to give the various Pokémon species " clever and descriptive names " related to their appearance or features when translating the game for western audiences as a means to make the characters more relatable to American children.

Originally they were given vastly different names ( such as HFH, FREAC, and fkh ), but in 2000 a unified nomenclature was introduced that grouped the FOX proteins into subclasses ( FOXA-FOXS ) based on sequence conservation.

Originally farmland ( many of the farm owners ' family names, e. g., Meserole and Calyer, still name the streets ), the residential core of Greenpoint was built on parcels divided during the 19th century, with rope factories and lumber yards lining the East River to the west, while the northeastern section along the Newtown Creek through East Williamsburg became an industrial maritime reach.

Originally, Sutton and Bonington were two settlements, probably originating in Anglo-Saxon times ( the names likely derive from South farm and Buna's farm ); Sutton was to the south of Bonington.

Originally the name Milne was one of the first names of Henri, but, to avoid confusion with his numerous relatives, he added it to his surname Edwards.

Originally, Kentucky, Tri-Cities and Arkansas were also committed to the new league, but Kentucky folded, and both Tri-Cities and Arkansas followed Green Bay and Amarillo to the Indoor Football League.

Originally Golders Green was part of the NW4 ( Hendon ) postal district, but, owing to an expanding population, the district was split in two, creating the new NW11 district.

Originally called Cabo Verde or " Green Cape " by Portuguese explorers, it is not to be confused with the Cape Verde islands, which are some further west.

Originally split on whether Finland should join the European Union, the Green League is now pro-European and was the first Finnish party to support a federal Europe.

; Thomas " Tommy " Oliver: Originally the Green Ranger and later the White Ranger then White Ninja Ranger ; portrayed by Jason David Frank.

Originally used for grazing livestock, the Green dates from the 1630s and is well preserved today despite lying at the heart of the city centre.

Originally built in Flint, Michigan and St. Louis, Missouri, the Corvette is currently manufactured in Bowling Green, Kentucky and is the official sports car of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Originally meeting on Wednesdays at 1pm in the Masonic Hall and Institute in the town, the group now gets together at the Bleeding Wolf, Scholar Green on the same day but from 7pm ( except after Bank Holidays ).

Originally founded around 1800, Green Level is one of the oldest surviving crossroads communities in the Raleigh area.

Originally the group was a trio formed at Western Kentucky State College ( now Western Kentucky University ), Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Originally, the flag was the same as the flag of the Green Mountain Boys.

Originally produced by Rogers Television in Toronto ( the same television entity that developed The Tom Green Show in Ottawa ), the series was syndicated across Canada in the early 1990s.

Originally named Green Jellö, the band changed its name due to legal pressure from the owners of the Jell-O trademark, Kraft Foods, who claimed that it was an infringement of their trademark.

Originally a teacher in Wörth in Rhineland-Palatinate, she joined the Green Party in the 1980s, and served as an elected Member of the Rhineland-Palatinate Landtag between 1991 and 2006.

Originally named Highgate ( although Archway Tavern had been proposed ) the Leslie Green designed station opened on 22 June 1907 and faced in Green's standard ox-blood glazed brick.

Originally signed as a catcher by the Philadelphia Phillies in, Trillo was converted into a third baseman by his first minor league manager, Dallas Green.

Originally the plan was to unite these parties alongside the Green Party ( De Grønne ), Common Course and Humanist to form a broad-based progressive movement, but this did not materialize.

Originally unsure about playing professional football ( coach Meyer offered him a job as the freshman coach and he still thought about playing professional baseball ), he did not agree to the contract until after the College All-Star Game, where the team beat the Green Bay Packers 6 – 0.

* Originally the Manhunters used special energy pistols which were charged by the Green Lanterns which they carried.

Originally there were with four stations: Green Lane, Birkenhead Central and Hamilton Square in Birkenhead and James Street station in Liverpool.

Originally called Hoo Green, it lies around a small triangular village green to the west of the main road.

Originally created for the Soviet Union by Green Lantern Kilowog, the Rocket Red Brigade — normal human beings enhanced using " forced evolution " and armoured battle-suits — proudly defended the USSR.

Originally a history professor on the planet Ungara, Abin Sur is appointed Green Lantern of Space Sector 2814 in the mid 1860s.

Originally, upon opening in 1871, the station building was almost identical to that at neighbouring Palmers Green.