| 单词 | visual display unit |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvisual display unit e. visual display (Computers) = display n. 1c; visual display unit, a device for displaying on its screen data stored in a computer, and usually incorporating a keyboard for manipulating the data; abbreviated VDU n., vdu, variant of VDU n. at V n. Initialisms 2. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > hardware > peripherals > [noun] > monitor colour monitor1941 visual display unit1954 computer monitor1963 computer screen1966 VDU1968 VDT1975 monitor1976 Multisync1986 1954 Jrnl. Assoc. Computing Machinery 1 57/1 Cathode ray tube equipment for providing external visual displays of information stored internally in the computer. 1967 M. Klerer & G. A. Korn Digital Computer User's Handbk. i. 77 The importance of the use of machine-produced graphs and other types of visual displays can hardly be over emphasized. 1969 Computers & Humanities 4 83 For those interested in on-line text manipulation, there is special temptation in newer devices like cathode ray tubes (CRTs) or visual displays, or ‘scopes’, as they are variously called. 1971 J. Anderson in B. de Ferranti Living with Computer vii. 59 With..the introduction..of visual display units..there has been a resurgence of interest in applying such techniques to medical recording. 1977 R.A.F. News 11 May 7/2 When can we have our visual display unit? 1983 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 23 July 271 Most of the comments relating to paper records apply to visual displays for data entry. 1984 Times 16 Nov. 12/4 The latest scare comes from reports of women who worked on visual display units (VDUs) during pregnancy and went on to deliver handicapped babies or suffer miscarriages. < as lemmas |
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