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Display device A display device is an output device for presentation of information in visual or tactile form (the latter used for example in tactile electronic displays for blind people). When the input information that is supplied has an electrical signal the ...
, output device for presenting information, including: **
Cathode ray tube A cathode-ray tube (CRT) is a vacuum tube containing one or more electron guns, which emit electron beams that are manipulated to display images on a phosphorescent screen. The images may represent electrical waveforms ( oscilloscope), pictu ...
, video display that provides a quality picture, but can be very heavy and deep **
Electronic visual display An electronic visual display, informally a screen, is a display device for presentation of images, text, or video transmitted electronically, without producing a permanent record. Electronic visual displays include television sets, computer mon ...
, output device to present information for visual or tactile reception *** Flat-panel display, video display that is much lighter and thinner than deeper, usually older types ****
Liquid-crystal display A liquid-crystal display (LCD) is a flat-panel display A flat-panel display (FPD) is an electronic display used to display visual content such as text or images. It is present in consumer, medical, transportation, and industrial equipmen ...
(LCD), displays that use liquid crystals to form images ***** Liquid crystal display television (LCD TV), color TVs that use an LCD to form images ****
Light-emitting diode A light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor device that emits light when current flows through it. Electrons in the semiconductor recombine with electron holes, releasing energy in the form of photons. The color of the light (cor ...
(LED), emitting light when electrically charged, producing electroluminescence ***
Stereo display A 3D display is a display device capable of conveying depth to the viewer. Many 3D displays are stereoscopic displays, which produce a basic 3D effect by means of stereopsis, but can cause eye strain and visual fatigue. Newer 3D displays such ...
, a display device able to convey image depth to a viewer **** Volumetric display, forms a visual representation of an object in three physical dimensions **
Refreshable braille display A refreshable braille display or braille terminal is an electro-mechanical device for displaying braille characters, usually by means of round-tipped pins raised through holes in a flat surface. Visually impaired computer users who cannot use a s ...
, electromechanical device to display braille characters **
Split-flap display A split-flap display, or sometimes simply a flap display, is a digital electromechanical display device that presents changeable alphanumeric text, and occasionally fixed graphics. Often used as a public transport timetable in airports or ...
, 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 *
Video card A graphics card (also called a video card, display card, graphics adapter, VGA card/VGA, video adapter, display adapter, or mistakenly GPU) is an expansion card which generates a feed of output images to a display device, such as a computer moni ...
, also known as "display card", an expansion card that generates images to display device *
Display list A display list (or ''display file'') is a series of graphics commands that define an output image. The image is created ( ''rendered'') by executing the commands to combine various primitives. This activity is most often performed by specialized di ...
, series of graphics commands that define an output image *
Display register In computer science, a call stack is a stack data structure that stores information about the active subroutines of a computer program. This kind of stack is also known as an execution stack, program stack, control stack, run-time stack, or mach ...
or data structure, for locating the stack frames of nested functions in computer programming *
Display resolution The display resolution or display modes of a digital television, computer monitor or display device is the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed. It can be an ambiguous term especially as the displayed resolution is ...
, refers to the number of distinct pixels of a digital TV or monitor


Marketing

* 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

* Display (zoology), a form of animal behaviour * Display (horse) (1923–1944), US thoroughbred racehorse * Display techniques in biochemistry: ** Bacterial display **
mRNA display mRNA display is a display technique used for ''in vitro'' protein, and/or peptide evolution to create molecules that can bind to a desired target. The process results in translated peptides or proteins that are associated with their mRNA progenitor ...
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Phage display Phage display is a laboratory technique for the study of protein–protein, protein–peptide, and protein– DNA interactions that uses bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria) to connect proteins with the genetic information that encodes ...
** Ribosome display **
Yeast display Yeast display (or yeast surface display) is a protein engineering technique that uses the expression of recombinant proteins incorporated into the cell wall of yeast for isolating and engineering antibodies. Development The yeast display technique ...


See also

* * Computer font or display font, for use on a computer monitor *
Computer monitor A computer monitor is an output device that displays information in pictorial or textual form. A discrete monitor comprises a visual display, support electronics, power supply, housing, electrical connectors, and external user controls. The di ...
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