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Scan line

Updated: 04/26/2017 by Computer Hope

A scan line may refer to any of the following:

1. With a CRT (cathode ray tube) monitor, a scan line is a single horizontal row of pixels generated by the electron gun.

2. With a scanner, a scan line refers to a horizontally scanned row of data.

Horizontal, Scanner terms, Video terms

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