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Display device, the Glossary

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).^[1]

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Display devices
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Alphanumericals

Alphanumericals or alphanumeric characters are any collection of number characters and letters in a certain language.

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AMOLED

AMOLED (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode) is a type of OLED display device technology.

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A video reference monitor, also called a broadcast reference monitor or just reference monitor, is a specialized display device similar to a television set, used to monitor the output of a video-generating device, such as playout from a video server, IRD, video camera, VCR, or DVD player.

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Calculator

An electronic calculator is typically a portable electronic device used to perform calculations, ranging from basic arithmetic to complex mathematics.

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Carbon nanotube

A scanning tunneling microscopy image of a single-walled carbon nanotube Rotating single-walled zigzag carbon nanotube A carbon nanotube (CNT) is a tube made of carbon with a diameter in the nanometre range (nanoscale).

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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.

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Comparison of CRT, LCD, plasma, and OLED displays

Category:Television technology Category:Display technology CRT, LCD, Plasma, and OLED displays.

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Comparison of high-definition smartphone displays

The following is a comparison of high-definition smartphone displays, containing information about their specific screen technology, resolution, size and pixel density.

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Computer monitor

A computer monitor is an output device that displays information in pictorial or textual form.

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Digital light processing

Digital light processing (DLP) is a set of chipsets based on optical micro-electro-mechanical technology that uses a digital micromirror device.

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E Ink

E Ink (electronic ink) is a brand of electronic paper (e-paper) display technology commercialized by the E Ink Corporation, which was co-founded in 1997 by MIT undergraduates JD Albert and Barrett Comiskey, MIT Media Lab professor Joseph Jacobson, Jerome Rubin and Russ Wilcox.

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Electroluminescent display

Electroluminescent Displays (ELDs) are a type of flat panel display created by sandwiching a layer of electroluminescent material such as Gallium arsenide between two layers of conductors.

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Electronic paper

Electronic paper or intelligent paper, is a display device that reflects ambient light, mimicking the appearance of ordinary ink on paper - unlike conventional flat panel displays which need additional energy to emit their own light.

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Electronic visual display

An electronic visual display is a display device that can display images, video, or text that is transmitted electronically.

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Field-emission display

A field-emission display (FED) is a flat panel display technology that uses large-area field electron emission sources to provide electrons that strike colored phosphor to produce a color image.

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Flip-disc display

The flip-disc display (or flip-dot display) is an electromechanical dot matrix display technology used for large outdoor signs, normally those that will be exposed to direct sunlight.

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Fourteen-segment display

A fourteen-segment display (FSD) (sometimes referred to as a starburst display or Union Jack display) is a type of display based on 14 segments that can be turned on or off to produce letters and numerals.

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Glyph

A glyph is any kind of purposeful mark.

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Graphical user interface

A graphical user interface, or GUI, is a form of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators such as secondary notation.

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Head-mounted display

A head-mounted display (HMD) is a display device, worn on the head or as part of a helmet (see helmet-mounted display for aviation applications), that has a small display optic in front of one (monocular HMD) or each eye (binocular HMD).

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Head-up display

A head-up display, or heads-up display, also known as a HUD or head-up guidance system (HGS), is any transparent display that presents data without requiring users to look away from their usual viewpoints.

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High-performance addressing

High-performance addressing (HPA) is an LCD passive-matrix display technology commonly found on low-end portable computers; versions of HPA have been developed by Hitachi and by Sharp.

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History of display technology

Electrically operated display devices have developed from electromechanical systems for display of text, up to all-electronic devices capable of full-motion 3D color graphic displays.

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Holographic display

A holographic display is a type of 3D display that utilizes light diffraction to display a three-dimensional image to the viewer.

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Information

Information is an abstract concept that refers to something which has the power to inform.

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Input device

In computing, an input device is a piece of equipment used to provide data and control signals to an information processing system, such as a computer or information appliance.

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Interferometric modulator display

Interferometric modulator display (IMOD, trademarked mirasol) is a technology used in electronic visual displays that can create various colors via interference of reflected light.

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Laser lighting display

A laser lighting display or laser light show involves the use of laser light to entertain an audience.

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Laser TV

Laser color television (laser TV), or laser color video display, is a type of television that utilizes two or more individually modulated optical (laser) rays of different colors to produce a combined spot that is scanned and projected across the image plane by a polygon-mirror system or less effectively by optoelectronic means to produce a color-television display.

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Laser-powered phosphor display

Laser-powered phosphor display (LPD) is a large-format display technology similar to the cathode ray tube (CRT). Display device and Laser-powered phosphor display are user interfaces.

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LED display

A LED display is a flat panel display that uses an array of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) as pixels for a video display.

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LED-backlit LCD

An LED-backlit LCD is a liquid-crystal display that uses LEDs for backlighting instead of traditional cold cathode fluorescent (CCFL) backlighting.

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Light field

A light field, or lightfield, is a vector function that describes the amount of light flowing in every direction through every point in a space.

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Light-emitting diode

A light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor device that emits light when current flows through it.

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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.

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MicroLED

MicroLED, also known as micro-LED, mLED or μLED is an emerging flat-panel display technology consisting of arrays of microscopic LEDs forming the individual pixel elements.

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Mobile device

A mobile device or handheld computer is a computer small enough to hold and operate in hand.

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Mobile phone

A mobile phone or cell phone is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while the user is moving within a telephone service area, as opposed to a fixed-location phone (landline phone).

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Monitoring (medicine)

In medicine, monitoring is the observation of a disease, condition or one or several medical parameters over time.

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Multiplexed display

Multiplexed displays are electronic display devices where the entire display is not driven at one time.

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Numerical digit

A numerical digit (often shortened to just digit) or numeral is a single symbol used alone (such as "1") or in combinations (such as "15"), to represent numbers in a positional numeral system.

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OLED

An organic light-emitting diode (OLED), also known as organic electroluminescent (organic EL) diode, is a type of light-emitting diode (LED) in which the emissive electroluminescent layer is an organic compound film that emits light in response to an electric current.

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Optacon

The Optacon (OPtical to TActile CONverter) is an electromechanical device that enables blind people to read printed material that has not been transcribed into Braille.

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Output device

An output device is any piece of computer hardware that converts information or data into a human-perceptible form or, historically, into a physical machine-readable form for use with other non-computerized equipment.

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Plasma display

A plasma display panel (PDP) is a type of flat-panel display that uses small cells containing plasma: ionized gas that responds to electric fields.

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Quantum dot display

A quantum dot display is a display device that uses quantum dots (QD), semiconductor nanocrystals which can produce pure monochromatic red, green, and blue light.

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Rectangle

In Euclidean plane geometry, a rectangle is a quadrilateral with four right angles.

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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.

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Seven-segment display

A seven-segment display is a form of electronic display device for displaying decimal numerals that is an alternative to the more complex dot matrix displays.

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Sixteen-segment display

A sixteen-segment display (SISD) is a type of display based on sixteen segments that can be turned on or off to produce a graphic pattern.

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Smartphone

A smartphone, often simply called a phone, is a mobile device that combines the functionality of a traditional mobile phone with advanced computing capabilities.

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Somatosensory system

The somatosensory system is a subset of the sensory nervous system responsible for the perception of touch.

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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.

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Surface-conduction electron-emitter display

A surface-conduction electron-emitter display (SED) is a display technology for flat panel displays developed by a number of companies.

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Television set

A television set or television receiver (more commonly called TV, TV set, television, telly, or tele) is an electronic device for the purpose of viewing and hearing television broadcasts, or as a computer monitor.

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Text display

A text display is an electronic alphanumeric display device that is mainly or only capable of showing text, or extremely limited graphic characters.

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TFT LCD

A thin-film-transistor liquid-crystal display (TFT LCD) is a type of liquid-crystal display that uses thin-film-transistor technology to improve image qualities such as addressability and contrast.

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Thin-film transistor

A thin-film transistor (TFT) is a special type of field-effect transistor (FET) where the transistor is made by thin film deposition.

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Ticker tape

Ticker tape was the earliest electrical dedicated financial communications medium, transmitting stock price information over telegraph lines, in use from around 1870 to 1970.

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Two-dimensional space

A two-dimensional space is a mathematical space with two dimensions, meaning points have two degrees of freedom: their locations can be locally described with two coordinates or they can move in two independent directions.

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User interface

In the industrial design field of human–computer interaction, a user interface (UI) is the space where interactions between humans and machines occur. Display device and user interface are user interfaces.

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Vacuum fluorescent display

A vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) is a display device once commonly used on consumer electronics equipment such as video cassette recorders, car radios, and microwave ovens.

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Video

Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media.

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Video wall

A video wall is a special multi-monitor setup that consists of multiple computer monitors, video projectors, or television sets tiled together contiguously or overlapped in order to form one large screen. Display device and video wall are user interfaces and video hardware.

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Virtual reality headset

A virtual reality headset (or VR headset) is a head-mounted device that uses 3D near-eye displays and positional tracking to provide a virtual reality environment for the user.

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Visual system

The visual system is the physiological basis of visual perception (the ability to detect and process light).

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Volumetric display

A volumetric display device is a display device that forms a visual representation of an object in three physical dimensions, as opposed to the planar image of traditional screens that simulate depth through a number of different visual effects.

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Watch

A watch is a portable timepiece intended to be carried or worn by a person.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_device

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