splitscreen

Two views simultaneously

Splitscreen is a display technique showing two or more separate views simultaneously on the same screen.

In video games, splitscreen allows multiple players to share one television, each seeing their own portion: We played splitscreen multiplayer all night.

In film and television, splitscreen shows parallel action or phone conversations.

The term works as noun, adjective, or verb: splitscreen the footage, a splitscreen view.

gaming

co-op

Member-owned organization

local · versus · two-player · party · competitive · cooperative · PvP · deathmatch · campaign · controller

multitask

productivity

Output relative to input

parallel · simultaneous · monitor · desktop · workspace · dashboard · taskbar · toggle · arrange · snap

divide

partition

Barrier separating spaces

divider · boundary · vertical · horizontal · ratio · resize · border · separator · asymmetric · 50-50

film

montage

Assembled sequence of images

suspense · 24 · juxtaposition · narrative · editing · cinematography · reaction · thriller

Categories
Opposites
screen division

splitscreenfullscreen

Entire monitor occupied

full screen · maximized · unsplit · unpartitioned · windowed

viewing mode in gaming/media

splitscreenonline multiplayer

Gaming via internet connection

single player · remote play · single-player · solo mode

Family

split, screen, splitting, splits, sunscreen, split-screen, splitter, screenshot, unsplit

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G