VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT

  

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VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT

Specialty Definition: VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT

DomainDefinition

Computing

Visual Display Unit (VDU, or "video terminal", "video display terminal", VDT, "display terminal") A device incorporating a cathode ray tube (CRT) display, a keyboard and a serial port. A VDU usually also includes its own display electronics which store the received data and convert it into electrical waveforms to drive the CRT. VDUs fall into two categories: dumb terminals and intelligent terminals (sometimes called "programmable terminals"). Early VDUs could only display characters in a single preset font, and these were confined to being layed out in a rectangular grid, reproducing the functionality of the paper-based teletypes they were designed to replace. Later models added graphics facilities but were still driven via serial communications, typically with several VDUs attached to a single multi-user computer. This contrasts with the much faster single bitmap displays integrated into most modern single-user personal computers and workstations. (1997-11-27). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Electrical Engineering

A unit comprising devices which are necessary to display information required and, possibly to include, acknowledgement facility. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT

Specialty definitions using "VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT": display terminalframe grabberprogrammed keyboardVDU, video display terminal, video terminal. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT

SubjectTopicQuote

Worker Rights

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

There were some reports of significant visual impairment by visual display unit workers, and some reports of hearing impairment by power station and stone crushing employees. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

visual display unit

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT

Language Translations for "VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

VDU (video display unit), skaerm (buckle, fender, mudguard, shield, umbel, video display unit, wing), lystavle (display panel), enhed med dataskaerm, dataskaerm (video display unit). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

visuele weergave-eenheid. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

näyttöyksikkö, näyttölaite (display, video display terminal, video display unit). (various references)

   

French

  

visuel (visual), terminal écran (video data terminal, visual display terminal), TE, console de visualisation, AV (video display terminal, video display unit), appareil de visualisation (video display terminal, video display unit), écran de visualisation (video display unit). (various references)

   

German

  

Datensichtgerät (video terminal), Bildschirmgeraet, Bildschirmgerät (video terminal), Anzeigeeinheit (display). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κονσόλα οπτικής απεικόνισης, μονάδα τηλεοπτικής οθόνης (video display unit), μονάδα οπτικήσ παρουσίασησ, μονάδα οπτικής απεικόνισης, τερματική οθόνη με πληκτρολόγιο (video display unit), τερματική διάταξη με οθόνη (video display unit). (various references)

   

Italian

  

quadro di segnalazione, mensola di visualizzazione. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

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Portuguese

  

unidade de visualização, quadro de visualização, ecrã de visualização (video display unit). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

unidad de visualización (video display unit), unidad de presentación visual (video display terminal, video display unit), PDV, pantalla de visualización (display, display screen, screen), consola de visualización. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

bildskärmsenhet (video display unit), bildskärm (cathode screen, screen, telescreen). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT

Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-i-i-i-l-l-n-p-s-s-t-u-u-v-y"

-5 letters: diluvialists.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Quotations: Non-fiction
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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