Screen or Screens may refer to:

Arts

* Screen printing (also called ''silkscreening''), a method of printing * Big screen, a nickname associated with the motion picture industry *

Split screen (filmmaking) In film and video production, split screen is the visible division of the screen, traditionally in half, but also in several simultaneous images, rupturing the illusion that the screen's frame is a seamless view of reality, similar to that of t ...

, a film composition paradigm in which multiple distinct film sequences are shown simultaneously and next to each other *

Stochastic screening Stochastic screening or FM screening is a halftone process based on pseudo-random distribution of halftone dots, using frequency modulation (FM) to change the density of dots according to the gray level desired. Traditional amplitude modulation ...

and Halftone photographic screening, methods of simulating grays with one-color printing

Filtration and selection processes

Screening (economics) Screening in economics refers to a strategy of combating adverse selection – one of the potential decision-making complications in cases of asymmetric information – by the agent(s) with less information. For the purposes of screening, asymme ...

, the process of identifying or selecting members of a population based on one or more selection criteria * Screening (biology), idem, on a scientific basis, ** of which a

genetic screen A genetic screen or mutagenesis screen is an experimental technique used to identify and select individuals who possess a phenotype of interest in a mutagenized population. Hence a genetic screen is a type of phenotypic screen. Genetic screens c ...

is a procedure to identify a particular kind of phenotype ** the Irwin screen is a toxicological procedure *

Sieve A sieve, fine mesh strainer, or sift, is a device for separating wanted elements from unwanted material or for controlling the particle size distribution of a sample, using a screen such as a woven mesh or net or perforated sheet materia ...

, a mesh used to separate fine particles from coarse ones *

Mechanical screening Mechanical screening, often just called screening, is the practice of taking granulated or crushed ore material and separating it into multiple grades by particle size. This practice occurs in a variety of industries such as mining and mineral ...

, a unit operation in material handling which separates product into multiple grades by particle size

Media and music

* "Screen", a song by Twenty One Pilots from '' Vessel'' * '' Screen International'', a film magazine covering the international film markets * ''Screen'' (journal), a film and television studies journal published by Oxford University Press * ''Screen'' (magazine), a weekly entertainment magazine from India * The Screen (cinematheque), a theatre in Santa Fe, New Mexico, US *

Screenonline Screenonline is a website about the history of British film, television and social history as documented by film and television. The project has been developed by the British Film Institute and funded by a £1.2 million grant from the National Lo ...

, online film and television magazine produced by the British Film Institute * ''Screens'' (album), a 2009 album by Mint Chicks * ''Screen'' (Australian TV series), Australian television series on Foxtel Arts channel * "Screens", a song by Weezer from their 2021 album ''

OK Human ''OK Human'' is the fourteenth studio album by American rock band Weezer, released on January 29, 2021 by Crush Music and Atlantic Records. Featuring a baroque-pop influenced sound, inspired by albums such as Harry Nilsson's '' Nilsson Sings New ...

Media display

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 ...

, a cathode ray tube or liquid crystal display (LCD) *

Touchscreen A touchscreen or touch screen is the assembly of both an input ('touch panel') and output ('display') device. The touch panel is normally layered on the top of an electronic visual display of an information processing system. The display is ofte ...

, a display device that also takes input via embedded pressure sensors *

Projection screen A projection screen is an installation consisting of a surface and a support structure used for displaying a projected image for the view of an audience. Projection screens may be permanently installed, as in a movie theater; painted on the ...

, a viewing surface * Display device, an output device for presentation of information in visual form * Computer monitor, a monitor for use with a computer *

Television set A television set or television receiver, more commonly called the television, TV, TV set, telly, tele, or tube, is a device that combines a tuner, display, and loudspeakers, for the purpose of viewing and hearing television broadcasts, or using ...

, a device that combines a tuner, display, and loudspeakers

Barriers, separation or partitioning

Window screen A window screen (also known as insect screen, bug screen, fly screen, flywire, wire mesh, or window net) is designed to cover the opening of a window. It is usually a mesh made of metal, fibreglass, plastic wire, or other pieces of plastic an ...

, a plastic or wire mesh that covers a window opening * Screen door, a mesh, wire or plastic, that covers a door opening * Fire screen, a device to put in front of a fireplace *

Windbreak A windbreak (shelterbelt) is a planting usually made up of one or more rows of trees or shrubs planted in such a manner as to provide shelter from the wind and to protect soil from erosion. They are commonly planted in hedgerows around the edges ...

of trees or shrubs *

Windshield The windshield (North American English) or windscreen (Commonwealth English) of an aircraft, car, bus, motorbike, truck, train, boat or streetcar is the front window, which provides visibility while protecting occupants from the elements. ...

(windscreen), protects the driver of a vehicle * Folding screen, a piece of decorative furniture *

Rainscreen A rainscreen is an exterior wall detail where the siding (wall cladding) stands off from the moisture- resistant surface of an air/water barrier applied to the sheathing to create a capillary break and to allow drainage and evaporation. The ''r ...

, in building construction * Rood screen, a partition in a church which separates the chancel from the nave *

Smoke screen A smoke screen is smoke released to mask the movement or location of military units such as infantry, tanks, aircraft, or ships. Smoke screens are commonly deployed either by a canister (such as a grenade) or generated by a vehicle (such as ...

, smoke released in order to mask the movement or location of military units *

Parclose screen A parclose screen is a screen or railing used to enclose or separate-off a chantry chapel, tomb or manorial chapel, from public areas of a church, for example from the nave or chancel. It should be distinguished from the chancel screen which sep ...

, a partition in a church, separate from the Rood screen

Software

GNU Screen GNU Screen is a terminal multiplexer, a software application that can be used to multiplex several virtual consoles, allowing a user to access multiple separate login sessions inside a single terminal window, or detach and reattach sessions fro ...

, a computer program which multiplexes computer terminals * Another name for "dynpro" in

ABAP ABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming, originally ''Allgemeiner Berichts-Aufbereitungs-Prozessor'', German for "general report preparation processor") is a high-level programming language created by the German software company SAP SE. ...

programs * Screen (image blending), a blending method for digital images *

Yahoo! Screen The company Yahoo! ran several similar video services. Yahoo! Video, a video hosting service, was established in 2006. Later, the ability to upload videos was removed, changing it to a more pure video on demand service; the website became a port ...

, a video streaming service

Sports

Screen (sports) A screen is a blocking move by an offensive player in which they stand beside or behind a defender in order to free a teammate to either shoot a pass or drive in to score. In basketball and field lacrosse, it is also known as a pick. Screens can ...

, when a player obstructs the vision or motion of another player **

Screen (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a screen is obstruction by a player of the goaltender's view of the puck. The word can also be used as a verb, commonly "don't ''screen'' the goaltender", or "the goalie was ''screened''". Screens can be both planned, as when an a ...

, obstruction of a goaltender's view of the puck *

Screen pass A screen pass is a play in gridiron football consisting of a short pass to a receiver who is protected by a screen of blockers. During a screen pass, a number of things happen concurrently in order to fool the defense into thinking a long pass is b ...

, a type of offensive play in American football

Other

Screen (bridge) A screen is a device used in some tournaments in duplicate bridge that visually separates partners at the table from each other, in order to reduce the exchange of unauthorized information and prevent some forms of cheating. It is a panel made of ...

, a device used in some Bridge games that visually separates partners at the table from each other *

Electronic page Pagination, also known as paging, is the process of dividing a document into discrete pages, either electronic pages or printed pages. In reference to books produced without a computer, pagination can mean the consecutive page numbering to ind ...

, an interface, scene, page, or group of content on an electronic display device *

Pat Screen James Patrick Screen Jr., known as Pat Screen (May 13, 1943 – September 12, 1994), was an athlete, attorney, and politician from New Orleans. He was elected in 1980 as the Democratic Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish from 1981 to 198 ...

, Louisiana State University football player and Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana * The conductive screen around the inner conductor(s) of an

electrical cable An electrical cable is an assembly of one or more wires running side by side or bundled, which is used to carry electric current. One or more electrical cables and their corresponding connectors may be formed into a ''cable assembly'', whic ...

, usually either foil or braided wire * " The Verdant Braes of Screen", an Irish song in which the name ''Screen'' refers to Ballinascreen in County Londonderry,

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

* SCREEN Holdings, a Japanese company in the technology manufacturing sector