Display
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Display may refer to:
Technology
[edit]- Display device, output device for presenting information, including:
- Electronic visual display, output device to present information for visual or tactile reception
- Cathode ray tube (CRT), that uses an electromagnetically deviated electron beam to scan and stimulate a phosphorescent screen; the earliest and once the dominant type of electronic display, but is very large and heavy for the screen size, and thus completely obsolete at the early 21st century
- Flat-panel display (FPD), video display that is much lighter and thinner than deeper, usually older types
- Liquid-crystal display (LCD), displays that use liquid crystals to form images
- Liquid crystal display television (LCD TV), color TVs that use an LCD to form images
- Plasma display, that uses small plasma cells that responds to electric fields to generate colored images.
- Light-emitting diode (LED), emitting light when electrically charged, producing electroluminescence
- Liquid-crystal display (LCD), displays that use liquid crystals to form images
- Stereo display, a display device able to convey image depth to a viewer
- Volumetric display, forms a visual representation of an object in three physical dimensions
- Video projector, an image projector that projects a video image onto a reflective projection screen.
- Rear projection, a type of large-screen display technology that uses a bottom-mounted CRT projector to reflect an image off an angled screen.
- Refreshable braille display, electromechanical device to display braille characters
- Split-flap display, electromechanical alphanumeric device, often used as a public transport timetable in airports or railway stations
- Flip-disc display, electromechanical dot matrix technology used for large outdoor signs
- Electronic visual display, output device to present information for visual or tactile reception
- Video card, also known as "display card", an expansion card that generates images to display device
- Display list, series of graphics commands that define an output image
- Display register or data structure, for locating the stack frames of nested functions in computer programming
- Display resolution, refers to the number of distinct pixels of a digital TV or monitor
Marketing
[edit]- Display advertising, type that typically contains text, i.e., copy, logos, images, location maps, etc.
- Display case, also termed a showcase or display cabinet, used to display objects for viewing
- Display window, usually in a shop to display items for sale or attract customers
- Point of sale display, material object for promotion and/or providing information, i.e., in a shop or movie theater for a film promotion, etc.
- Trade show display, the physical screens, banners and other paraphernalia used to fill a temporary exhibit space at a trade fair
Biology
[edit]- Display (zoology), a form of animal behaviour
- Display (horse) (1923–1944), US thoroughbred racehorse
- Display techniques in biochemistry:
See also
[edit]- Computer font or display font, for use on a computer monitor
- Computer monitor or display