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  2. Computer terminal - Wikipedia

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    A computer terminal is an electronic or electromechanical hardware device that can be used for entering data into, and transcribing [1] data from, a computer or a computing system. [2] Most early computers only had a front panel to input or display bits and had to be connected to a terminal to print or input text through a keyboard.

  3. VT100 - Wikipedia

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    The VT100's internal layout can be split into two boards for functionality, not including the VT100's optional boards you can purchase. There is a board called the video monitor board which is used for things like adjusting the CRT on the terminal itself. This board is responsible for adjusting the CRT in the case that the electron beam is ...

  4. List of video connectors - Wikipedia

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    1 Mini-DIN 4-pin, 1 Mini-DIN 7-pin, 1 Mini-VGA, 2 BNC, 2 RCA connectors, 8-pin DIN, [2] SCART 21-pin. S-VHS, some laptop computers, analog broadcast video, 1980-1990s home computers including the Commodore 64, C128 and Atari 8-bit computers. The 4-pin mini-DIN that is most common in consumer products today debuted in JVC 's 1987 S-VHS.

  5. Digital Visual Interface - Wikipedia

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    Analog ground. Return for R, G, and B signals. Digital Visual Interface (DVI) is a video display interface developed by the Digital Display Working Group (DDWG). The digital interface is used to connect a video source, such as a video display controller, to a display device, such as a computer monitor. It was developed with the intention of ...

  6. Video Graphics Array - Wikipedia

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    Video Graphics Array (VGA) is a video display controller and accompanying de facto graphics standard, first introduced with the IBM PS/2 line of computers in 1987, [1][2][3] which became ubiquitous in the IBM PC compatible industry within three years. [4] The term can now refer to the computer display standard, the 15-pin D-subminiature VGA ...

  7. ADM-3A - Wikipedia

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    The ADM-3A was an influential early video display terminal, introduced in 1976. [1] It was manufactured by Lear Siegler and had a 12-inch screen displaying 12 or 24 lines of 80 characters. It set a new industry low single unit price of $995. [a] Its "dumb terminal" nickname came from some of the original trade publication advertisements. [2]

  8. Color Graphics Adapter - Wikipedia

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    Color Graphics Adapter. The Color Graphics Adapter (CGA), originally also called the Color/Graphics Adapter or IBM Color/Graphics Monitor Adapter, [1] introduced in 1981, was IBM 's first color graphics card for the IBM PC and established a de facto computer display standard.

  9. Computer monitor - Wikipedia

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    A computer monitor is an output device that displays information in pictorial or textual form. A discrete monitor comprises a visual display, support electronics, power supply, housing, electrical connectors, and external user controls. The display in modern monitors is typically an LCD with LED backlight, having by the 2010s replaced CCFL ...