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Technology

* Display device, 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 monito ...
, 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 or other electronically modulated optical device that uses the light-modulating properties of liquid crystals combined with polarizers. Liquid crystals do not emit light directly but in ...
(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 (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 mon ...
, 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 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 A display window, also a shop window (British English) or store window (American English), is a window in a shop displaying items for sale or otherwise designed to attract customers to the store. Usually, the term refers to larger windows in the ...
, usually in a shop to display items for sale or attract customers *
Point of sale display A point-of-sale display (POS display) is a specialised form of sales promotion that is found near, on, or next to a checkout counter (the "point of sale"). They are intended to draw the customers' attention to products, which may be new products ...
, material object for promotion and/or providing information, i.e., in a shop or movie theater for a film promotion, etc. *
Trade show display A trade fair, also known as trade show, trade exhibition, or trade exposition, is an exhibition organized so that companies in a specific Industry (economics), industry can showcase and demonstrate their latest Product (business), products and se ...
, 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) Display (1923–1944) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Background He was owned and bred by Walter J. Salmon Sr., at his Mereworth Farm near Lexington, Kentucky. Display was sired by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Fair Play, a desce ...
(1923–1944), US thoroughbred racehorse * Display techniques in biochemistry: **
Bacterial display Bacterial display (or bacteria display or bacterial surface display) is a protein engineering technique used for in vitro protein evolution. Libraries of polypeptides displayed on the surface of bacteria can be screened using flow cytometry or ite ...
** mRNA display **
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 encode ...
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Ribosome display Ribosome display is a technique used to perform ''in vitro'' protein evolution to create proteins that can bind to a desired ligand. The process results in translated proteins that are associated with their mRNA progenitor which is used, as a compl ...
** Yeast display


See also

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Computer font A computer font is implemented as a digital data file containing a set of graphically related glyphs. A computer font is designed and created using a font editor. A computer font specifically designed for the computer screen, and not for print ...
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 d ...
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