Display may refer to:
Technology
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Display device, output device for presenting information, including:
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Electronic visual display, output device to present information for visual or tactile reception
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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 on an oscilloscope, a ...
(CRT), that uses an
electromagnetic
In physics, electromagnetism is an interaction that occurs between particles with electric charge via electromagnetic fields. The electromagnetic force is one of the four fundamental forces of nature. It is the dominant force in the interacti ...
ally 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
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Flat-panel display (FPD), video display that is much lighter and thinner than deeper, usually older types
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Liquid-crystal display
A liquid-crystal display (LCD) is a flat-panel display or other Electro-optic modulator, electronically modulated optical device that uses the light-modulating properties of liquid crystals combined with polarizers to display information. Liq ...
(LCD), displays that use liquid crystals to form images
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Liquid crystal display television (LCD TV), color TVs that use an LCD to form images
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Plasma display, that uses small
plasma cells that responds to
electric field
An electric field (sometimes called E-field) is a field (physics), physical field that surrounds electrically charged particles such as electrons. In classical electromagnetism, the electric field of a single charge (or group of charges) descri ...
s to generate colored images.
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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 (corre ...
(LED), emitting light when electrically charged, producing electroluminescence
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Stereo display, a display device able to convey image depth to a viewer
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Volumetric display, forms a visual representation of an object in three physical dimensions
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Video projector, an
image projector that projects a video image onto a reflective
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 ...
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Rear projection, a type of
large-screen display technology that uses a bottom-mounted
CRT projector to reflect an image off an angled screen.
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Refreshable braille display, electromechanical device to display braille characters
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Split-flap display, electromechanical alphanumeric device, often used as a public transport timetable in airports or railway stations
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Flip-disc display, electromechanical dot matrix technology used for large outdoor signs
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Video card, also known as "display card", an expansion card that generates images to display device
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Display list, series of graphics commands that define an output image
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Display register or data structure, for locating the stack frames of nested functions in computer programming
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Display resolution
The display resolution or display modes of a digital television, computer monitor, or other 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 resoluti ...
, refers to the number of distinct pixels of a digital TV or monitor
Marketing
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Display advertising, type that typically contains text, i.e., copy, logos, images, location maps, etc.
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Display case, also termed a showcase or display cabinet, used to display objects for viewing
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Display window, usually in a shop to display items for sale or attract customers
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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.
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Trade show display, the physical screens, banners and other paraphernalia used to fill a temporary exhibit space at a trade fair
Biology
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Display (zoology), a form of animal behaviour
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Display (horse) (1923–1944), US thoroughbred racehorse
* Display techniques in biochemistry:
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Bacterial display
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mRNA display
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Phage display
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Ribosome display
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Yeast display
See also
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Computer font or display font, for use on a computer monitor
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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 ...
or display
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