Display

Last updated December 17, 2025

Display may refer to:

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
    - Plasma display, that uses small plasma cells that responds to electric fields to generate colored images.
    - Light-emitting diode (LED), emitting light when electrically charged, producing electroluminescence
  - Stereo display, a display device able to convey image depth to a viewer
    - Volumetric display, forms a visual representation of an object in three physical dimensions
- Video projector, an image projector that projects a video image onto a reflective projection screen.
  - Rear projection, a type of large-screen display technology that uses a bottom-mounted CRT projector to reflect an image off an angled screen.
- Refreshable braille display, electromechanical device to display braille characters
- Split-flap display, electromechanical alphanumeric device, often used as a public transport timetable in airports or railway stations
- Flip-disc display, electromechanical dot matrix technology used for large outdoor signs
Video card, also known as "display card", an expansion card that generates images to display device
Display list, series of graphics commands that define an output image
Display register or data structure, for locating the stack frames of nested functions in computer programming
Display resolution, refers to the number of distinct pixels of a digital TV or monitor

Marketing

Display advertising, type that typically contains text, i.e., copy, logos, images, location maps, etc.
Display case, also termed a showcase or display cabinet, used to display objects for viewing
Display window, usually in a shop to display items for sale or attract customers
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.
Trade show display, the physical screens, banners and other paraphernalia used to fill a temporary exhibit space at a trade fair

Biology

Display (zoology), a form of animal behaviour
Display (horse) (1923–1944), US thoroughbred racehorse
Display techniques in biochemistry:

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