Display screens and ergonomics 11_AB 2024_02_08

The smallest unit on a display screen or bitmapped image (usually a coloured dot)

a coloured dot)

• pixelestruel

• screen

• pixel

• colour depth

An expansion card that generates the video signal sent to a

computer display

• video adapter

• aspect ratio

• plasma screen

• resolution

The width of the screen in proportion to its height

• aspect ratio

• colour depth

• video adapter

• plasma screen

also called gas discharge display

• plasma screen

• video adaper

• aspect ratio

• resolution

The number of pixels contained in a display, horizontally and

vertically

• resolution

• pixel

• aspect ratio

• video adapter

The number of bits used to hold a colour pixel; this determines

the maximum number of colours that can be displayed

• colour depth

• aspect ratio

• resolution

• pixel

(a)   , often called monitors or screens, are the most-used output device on a computer.

Most desktop displays use (a)   (LCD) or Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) technology

(a)   refers to the number of dots of colour, known as pixels (picture elements), contained in a display.

Resolution refers to the number of dots of colour, known as (a)   (picture elements), contained in a display.