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Display device
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A display device is an output device for presentation of information in visualcite-ref-university-of-west-florida-1-0[1] or tactile form (the latter used for example in tactile electronic displays for blind people).cite-ref-office-of-the-chief-information-officer-2-0[2] When the input information that is supplied has an electrical signal the display is called an electronic display.

Common applications for electronic visual displays are television sets or computer monitors.

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Types of electronic displays

In use
Segment displays

Some displays can show only digits or alphanumeric characters. They are called segment displays, because they are composed of several segments that switch on and off to give appearance of desired glyph. The segments are usually single LEDs or liquid crystals. They are mostly used in digital watches and pocket calculators. Common types are seven-segment displays which are used for numerals only, and alphanumeric fourteen-segment displays and sixteen-segment displays which can display numerals and Roman alphabet letters.

Other types
Full-area 2-dimensional displays

2-dimensional displays that cover a full area (usually a rectangle) are also called video displays, since it is the main modality of presenting video.

Applications of full-area 2-dimensional displays
Underlying technologies of full-area 2-dimensional displays

Underlying technologies for full-area 2-dimensional displays include:

Cathode-ray tube display (CRT)
Plasma display panel (PDP)

High-performance addressing display (HPA)
Thin-film transistor display (TFT)

Organic light-emitting diode display (OLED)
Digital Light Processing display (DLP)
Field-emission display (FED) (experimental)
Laser TV (forthcoming)
Carbon nanotubes (experimental)
• Digital microshutter display (DMS)
microLED (in development)

The multiplexed display technique is used to drive most display devices.

Three-dimensional displays
Mechanical types

Ticker tape (historical)
Flip-disc display (or flip-dot display)
• Vane display
Tactile electronic displays are usually intended for the blind. They use electro-mechanical parts to dynamically update a tactile image (usually of text) so that the image may be felt by the fingers.

Optacon, using metal rods instead of light in order to convey images to blind people by tactile sensation.

See also
References

cite-note-university-of-west-florida-11. citereflemleyLemley, Linda. "Chapter 6: Output". Discovering Computers. University of West Florida. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
cite-note-office-of-the-chief-information-officer-22. "Accommodations For Vision Disabilities". Energy.gov. Office of the Chief information Officer. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2012.

External links

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• Society for Information Display - An international professional organization dedicated to the study of display technology
• University of Waterloo Stratford Campus - A university that offers students the opportunity to display their work on the school's 3-storey Christie MicroTile wall.