display monitor

Computer viewing surface

A display monitor is a screen that shows visual output from a computer or other electronic device.

The term is slightly redundant—monitor alone usually suffices—but appears in technical contexts or when distinguishing from other types of monitors (like audio monitors or patient monitors).

The display monitor showed the security camera feeds.

Related
  • screenDisplay or barrier
  • LCDLowest shared fraction bottom
  • LEDSemiconductor that glows
  • pixelsDisplay's smallest points
  • dead pixelMalfunctioning display element

resolution · aspect ratio · brightness · refresh · screen tearing · flicker · glare · blue light · eye strain · desktop · panel · VGA · HDMI · plug and play · backlight · cathode · flat · widescreen

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Opposites
computer component function

display monitorCPU

Main computing chip

hard drive · processor · motherboard · graphics card · RAM

information flow direction

display monitorkeyboard

Array of input keys

mouse · input device · microphone · webcam · scanner

visibility of computing

display monitorembedded system

Dedicated computer within machinery

black box

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G