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Visual display

Extracted from the Wikipedia article Display.

Technology

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

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