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
HDMI cable

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
With and without antialiasing

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
Logisys blue CCFL for computer

Backlight
Bandicam
Bitmap
Bitmap font
Bitmapped graphic
Blue light
Blur
Brightness
Brush
Bump mapping
Burn-in

C
Computer monitor CRT

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
Dead pixel and stuck pixel

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
AORUS external GPU

EGA
EGPU
ELD
Electron gun
Elf emissions
Enhanced graphics adapter
EVGA
Extremely low frequency emissions
Eyefinity

F
Computer monitor

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
Grayscale example

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
Nokia phone with Monochrome display

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
NTSC

O

Object-oriented graphics
OLED
OpenGL
Output device
Output screen
Overlay

P
Pixels enlarged

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
ATI Radeon

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
S-video connection

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
Touch screen

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
Lion created using voxels

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
Wireframe example

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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