English > video display: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | An electronic device that represents information in visual form. |
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| Synonym | display |
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| Parts | raster | The rectangular formation of parallel scanning lines that guide the electron beam on a television screen or a computer monitor |
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| Narrower | caller ID | A small display that will show you the telephone number of the party calling you |
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| digital display, alphanumeric display | A display that gives the information in the form of characters (numbers or letters) |
| display panel, display board, board | A vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view |
| flat panel display, FPD | A type of video display that is thin and flat |
| monitor, monitoring device | Display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor |
| screen, CRT screen | The display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube |
| visual display unit, VDU | (British) British term for video display |
| window | (computer science) a rectangular part of a computer screen that contains a display different from the rest of the screen |
| Broader | electronic device | A device that accomplishes its purpose electronically |
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| Spanish | display, pantalla, visualizador |
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| Catalan | pantalla, visualitzador |
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