Computer video and video card terms

Updated: 11/12/2023 by Computer Hope

Computer video and video card terms with full definitions and information on each term. Explore this list of over 390 terms like VGA, raster, projector, and HDMI. Navigate quickly through the list by clicking one of the letters below; for example, click 'T' to find terms like 'touch screen' in the 'T' section.

Top 10 video and video card terms
Output device Video adapter Touch screen Monitor VGA Raster Projector Refresh HDMI Multimedia
Number
2-D 3-D 3D 3DFX 4:3 8-bit 16:9 16-bit 24-bit 32-bit 64-bit 720p 8514/A
A
AA filter Accelerator Active-matrix display Adobe After Effects Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe Premiere Rush AGP AGP Aperture size AIMM Ambient light Analog monitor Animation Anti-aliasing Anti-glare screen Aperture Artifacts Aspect ratio AVC
B
Backlight Bandicam Bitmap Bitmap font Bitmapped graphic Blue light Blur Brightness Brush Bump mapping Burn-in
C
Cameo Candelas Candle Candle Power Catalyst Cathode Ray Oscilloscope Cathode-Ray Tube CCC CCFL Cel CGA Character cell Chroma key Chromecast Clipping Codec Composite Computer graphic Computer picture Content-aware Contouring Contrast Contrast ratio Convolution CrossFire CRT CSTN Curved monitor
D
DaVinci Resolve Dead pixel Deepfake Degauss Detonator Digital display Digital monitor Digitize Dim Dimension Direct3D DirectX Disney+ Display Display attribute Display cycle Display element DisplayPort Display settings Dithering DivX DOT pitch Double buffering Double-layer SuperTwisted Nematic DPI Drift Drone DSTN DTS Dual monitor Dual-scan display Dualview DVI DXI
E
EGA EGPU ELD Electron gun Elf emissions Enhanced graphics adapter EVGA Extremely low frequency emissions Eyefinity
F
Facebook Gaming FHD FIF Filmora Final Cut Pro Fixed-frequency monitor Flat-panel display Flat screen Flicker Flip Float Foot candle FPS Fractal compression Fractals Frame Framebuffer Frame capture board Frame rate FSTN Full High Definition Full-motion video Full-page display FullScreen
G
Gallery Gamma correction Gas-plasma display GDDR GeForce Ghosting Gif Gif89a GIFV Gimp Giphy Glare Glare screen GPU Grabber Gradient Granularity Graphic Graphic character Graphic resolution Graphics accelerator card Graphics controller Graphics file Graphics mode Graphics resolution Grayscale
H
H.264 Hardware acceleration HDMI Hercules HGA High contrast High dynamic range High-persistence phosphor High resolution HitFilm Horizontal scan rate HPA HPD HSYNC HyperCam
I
Illuminance Image Image enhancement Image processing Inbetweening Indeo Intensity bit Interactive graphic Interactive video Interlacing Invert IPS display IRGB ISO 9241-3 Isometric view
J
Jaggies JPEG
K
Key frame
L
Landscape monitor Layering LCD LCD segment Lens flare Letterbox Liquid crystal Liquid crystal display Lookup table Lo-res. Low resolution Lumen Luminance LUT Lux
M
Matrix Maximum resolution MCGA MDA Microsoft Video Editor Moire Monitor Monochrome Monochrome monitor Morphing Mov Movie MPC MPEG MPEG-4 Multifrequency monitor Multimedia Multiscanning monitor
N
Native resolution Negative Netflix party Nit Nixie tube Noninterlaced NPP NTSC
O
Object-oriented graphics OLED OpenGL Output device Output screen Overlay
P
PAL Paper-white Passive 3D Passive-matrix display Persistence Perspective view PGA Philo Phosphor Photo Photorealism Photo retouching Physics engine Picture Pivot Pivot display Pixel Pixelated Pixel image Plasma screen Playback Play button Plex PNG Polygon POV PPI Presentation graphics Privacy filter Projection mapping Projector
Q
QHD QSXGA QuickTime QXGA
R
Radeon RAMDAC Raster Ray tracing Real-time animation Refresh Refresh rate Render Resolution Response time Retina Display Reverse video RGB RGB monitor RIP RLE Rotate
S
Sampling Scalable font Scan line Scan rate SCART Screen Screen flicker Screen saver Segment SGRAM Shadow Shadow mask Sharpness Shotcut Sideband addressing SLI Slide deck Slide show Sling TV Snow Sony Crackle Stutter Supertwisted nematic Super Video Graphics Array SVGA S-Video SXGA SXGA+
T
Telehealth Telemedicine Texel Text mode Texture filtering Texture mapping TFT Thumbnail TI 34010 TIFF TIGA Time-lapse T&L TN Touch screen Transform and Lighting Trichromatic Trinitron True color Tuner card TV Tuner card Tweening
U
UHD Ultraviolet USWC UXGA
V
VBV VCEG VDU Vector Vega Vertical retrace Vertical sync signal VESA VGA VGA mode Video Video accelerator Video adapter Video buffer Video capture Video card Videoconferencing Video converter Video digitizer Video display page Video editing software Video for Windows Video input Video memory Video mode Video on Demand Video overlay Video port Video signal Video standards Videotex Vidme Viewable area Viewer Viewing angle Virtual Virtual image Virtual reality VLF VOB converter VoD Voxel VR VSYNC VTuber Vudu
W
Watermark WDDM WeVideo Widescreen Windows-based acceleration Windows Live Movie Maker Wireframe WMV WQHD WQXGA WSXGA WUXGA WXGA WXGA+
X
XGA
Y
YouTube TV
Z
Zoom

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