Screen or Screens may refer to:

Arts

Screen printing Screen printing is a printing technique where a mesh is used to transfer ink (or dye) onto a substrate, except in areas made impermeable to the ink by a blocking stencil. A blade or squeegee is moved across the screen in a "flood stroke ...

or ''silkscreening'', a printing method * Big screen, a nickname for motion pictures *

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 ...

, showing two or more images side by side * Stochastic screening 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 In economics, insurance, and risk management, adverse selection is a market situation where Information asymmetry, asymmetric information results in a party taking advant ...

, 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 ...

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 tool used 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 m ...

, 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 minera ...

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

Media and music

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Screen International ''Screen International'' is a British film magazine covering the international film business. It is published by Media Business Insight, a British B2B media company which also owned '' Broadcast''. The magazine is primarily aimed at those involv ...

'', 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) The Screen was an arthouse cinema in midtown Santa Fe, New Mexico, on the campus of the now-defunct Santa Fe University of Art and Design. The Screen opened in 1997, and closed in 2020. History The Screen was founded in 1997 by Brent Kliewer, ...

, 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 The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and tele ...

, 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 Foxtel Arts was a subscription television arts channel available in Australia on the Foxtel platform. History Foxtel Arts replaced the SBS owned arts channel Studio, and became the third iteration of a dedicated arts channel on Foxtel in si ...

channel * "Screen", a song by Twenty One Pilots from their 2013 album ''Vessel'' (Twenty One Pilots album) * "Screens", a song by Weezer from their 2021 album '' OK Human'' * "Screen", a song by Hardy from his 2023 album '' The Mockingbird & the Crow''

Media display

Electronic visual display An electronic visual display is a display device that can display images, video, or text that is transmitted electronically. Electronic visual displays include television sets, computer monitors, and digital signage. They are ubiquitous in mobile ...

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

Touchscreen A touchscreen (or touch screen) is a type of electronic visual display, display that can detect touch input from a user. It consists of both an input device (a touch panel) and an output device (a visual display). The touch panel is typically l ...

, 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 on a wall, as in a movie theater, mounte ...

, a viewing surface *

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 signa ...

, an output device for presentation of information in visual form *

Computer monitor A computer monitor is an output device that displays information in pictorial or textual form. A discrete monitor comprises a electronic visual display, visual display, support electronics, power supply, Housing (engineering), housing, electri ...

, a monitor for use with a computer *

Television set A television set or television receiver (more commonly called TV, TV set, television, telly, or tele) is an electronic device for viewing and hearing television broadcasts, or as a computer monitor. It combines a tuner, display, and loudspeake ...

, 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 screen door can refer to a hinged storm door (cold climates) or hinged screen door (warm climates) covering an exterior door, or a screened sliding door used with sliding glass doors. A screen door incorporates screen mesh to block birds, flyi ...

, a mesh, wire or plastic, that covers a door opening *

Fire screen A fire screen or fireguard began as a form of furniture that acted as a shield between the occupants of a room and the fireplace, and its primary function was to reduce the discomfort of excessive heat from a log fire. Early firescreens were gen ...

, 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 ed ...

of trees or shrubs *

Windshield The windshield (American English and Canadian 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 t ...

(windscreen), protects the driver of a vehicle *

Folding screen A folding screen, also known as pingfeng (), is a type of free-standing furniture consisting of several frames or panels, which are often connected by hinges or by other means. They have practical and decorative uses, and can be made in a variet ...

, a piece of decorative furniture * Rainscreen, in building construction *

Rood screen The rood screen (also choir screen, chancel screen, or jubé) is a common feature in late medieval church architecture. It is typically an ornate partition between the chancel and nave, of more or less open tracery constructed of wood, stone, o ...

, 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 partition in a church, separate from the Rood screen

Software

* GNU Screen, 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, a video streaming service

Sports

* Screen (sports), when a player obstructs the vision or motion of another player ** Screen (ice hockey), 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 ...

, a type of offensive play in American football

Other

* Screen (bridge), a device used in some Bridge games that visually separates partners at the table from each other * Electronic page, 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 Party (United States), Democratic Mayor-President of East B ...

, 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 Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter possessing an electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described by Maxwel ...

, 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 County Londonderry (Ulster Scots dialects, Ulster-Scots: ''Coontie Lunnonderrie''), also known as County Derry (), is one of the six Counties of Northern Ireland, counties of Northern Ireland, one of the thirty-two Counties of Ireland, count ...

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ; ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been #Descriptions, variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shares Repub ...

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