visual display

What eyes perceive

A visual display is any screen, monitor, or device that presents information in visible form.

The term appears in technical contexts—visual display unit (VDU) was the standard British term for computer monitors through the 1990s.

More broadly, it covers anything designed to show information visually: dashboards, digital signs, electronic scoreboards.

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LCD · pixels · projection · video wall · billboard · signage · graphics · screen time · luminous · backlit · resolution · high definition · image quality · brightness · contrast · flickering · glowing · dashboard

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Opposites
sensory modality

visual displayaudio output

Transmitted sonic signal

audio signal · speaker · haptic feedback · braille display · auditory signal

visibility/concealment

visual displayconcealment

Act of hiding something

blank screen · hiding · obscuration · camouflage · invisibility

input vs. output

visual displayinput device

Hardware accepting user commands

camera · image sensor · optical sensor · scanner · keyboard

Family

visual, display, visually, visible, visibly, visibility, invisible, invisibly, invisibility

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