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Browse Alphabetically: (8 ranges)

A, B, C » 20 terms defined

Active area, Active matrix, Amperage, Angle of incidence, Angle of reflection, Anti-glare, Anti-reflective, Aspect ratio, Backlight, Brightness enhanced film (BEF), CFL cable length, CFL Voltage, Clock signal, Cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) tube, Color chromaticity (CIE), Color saturation, Color temperature, Compact fluorescent lamp (CFL), Contrast, Cycle time

D, E, F » 7 terms defined

DBEF, Dead pixel, Diffuse reflection, Diffuser, Double Super Twist Nematic (DSTN), Frame rate, Frequency

G, H, I » 12 terms defined

Glare, Gloss, Gloss meter, Gloss units, High Proformance Addressing (HPA), Horizontal back porch, Horizontal front porch, Horizontal sync, Illuminance, Illuminance meter, In-plane Switching, Inverter

J, K, L » 6 terms defined

Lambertian distribution, Light-emitting diodes (LED), Liquid crystal, Low voltage differential signaling (LVD), Luminance, Luminance meter

M, N, O » 5 terms defined

Monochrome, New, New Pull, Nit, Ohms

P, Q, R » 20 terms defined

Parallel transmittance %, Patterned Vertical Alignment (PVA), Pencil hardness, Pixel, Pixel pitch, Polarizer, Power consumption, Privacy film, Pull, QXGA, Reflection, Reflective, Reflexive reflections, Refraction, Refraction index, Refurbished, Repolarization, Resolution, Response time, Retardation film

S, T, U » 13 terms defined

Scan rate, Specular reflection, Sub-pixel, Support color, SVGA, SXGA, SXGA+, TAC, Thin Film Transistor (TFT), Transflective, Transmissive, Transmittance, UXGA

V, W, X, Y, Z » 15 terms defined

Vertical back porch, Vertical front porch, Vertical sync, VGA, Viewing angle, Voltage, Wattage, Wavelength, WSVGA, WSXGA, WSXGA+, WUXGA, WXGA, WXGA+, XGA

Browse by Category: (6 categories)

Electronic » 5 terms defined

Amperage, Low voltage differential signaling (LVD), Ohms, Voltage, Wattage

Hardware » 35 terms defined

Active area, Active matrix, Backlight, Brightness enhanced film (BEF), CFL cable length, CFL Voltage, Clock signal, Cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) tube, Compact fluorescent lamp (CFL), Cycle time, Diffuser, Double Super Twist Nematic (DSTN), Frequency, High Proformance Addressing (HPA), Horizontal back porch, Horizontal front porch, Horizontal sync, In-plane Switching, Inverter, Light-emitting diodes (LED), Liquid crystal, Patterned Vertical Alignment (PVA), Pencil hardness, Pixel pitch, Power consumption, Privacy film, Response time, Retardation film, Thin Film Transistor (TFT), Transflective, Transmissive, Vertical back porch, Vertical front porch, Vertical sync, Viewing angle

Image » 21 terms defined

Aspect ratio, Contrast, Frame rate, Monochrome, Pixel, QXGA, Resolution, Scan rate, Sub-pixel, SVGA, SXGA, SXGA+, UXGA, VGA, WSVGA, WSXGA, WSXGA+, WUXGA, WXGA, WXGA+, XGA

Optics » 22 terms defined

Angle of incidence, Angle of reflection, Color chromaticity (CIE), Color saturation, Color temperature, Diffuse reflection, Glare, Illuminance, Illuminance meter, Lambertian distribution, Luminance, Luminance meter, Nit, Parallel transmittance %, Reflection, Reflective, Refraction, Refraction index, Specular reflection, Support color, Transmittance, Wavelength

Quality » 5 terms defined

Dead pixel, New, New Pull, Pull, Refurbished

Surface » 10 terms defined

Anti-glare, Anti-reflective, DBEF, Gloss, Gloss meter, Gloss units, Polarizer, Reflexive reflections, Repolarization, TAC

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