Monitor Vocabulary

Monitor Characteristics

Match the following

• Native mode

• It is measured by the number of horizontal and vertical pixels. For example,

  1920 x 1080 (i.e., 1080p) means it has 1920 horizontal pixels and 1080 vertical pixels.

• Monitor resolution

• This term describes when the image sent to the monitor by the video adapter card

  matches the native resolution of the monitor.

• Screen size

• This identifies the best monitor resolution for the specific monitor.

• Native resolution

• The diagonal measurement of the screen (i.e., top left to bottom right) in inches.

• Resolution

• This relates to the amount of information that can be displayed on a screen.

Monitor Terms - Part 1

Match the following

• Aspect ratio

• The luminance of a monitor, measured in candelas per square meter (cd/m2)

• Contrast ratio

• A tiny dot capable of displaying red, green, and blue.

• Pixel

• The horizontal to vertical measurement of the viewing area of a monitor.

• Dot pitch

• The measurement of how white and how black a monitor can get.

• Brightness

• The distance between pixels on the screen.

Monitor Terms Part 2

Match the following

• Refresh rate

• The amount of seconds for your monitor to redraw the screen, measured in Hertz

  (Hz).

• Non-Interlaced

• How many times the computer is creating each frame.

• Interlaced

• The amount in time for a pixel to change properties (color or brightness)

• Frame per second (fps)

• Creates an image by scanning the screen one line at a time, from top to bottom.

• Response time

• Creates an image by scanning the screen two times. (Odd lines and then even lines)

Display Standards

a) CGA – ​ (a)   (​ (b)   resolution)

b) SVGA –​ (c)   ( ​ (d)   resolution)

• Color Graphics Adapter
• 320 x 200
• Super Video Graphics Array
• 800 x 600
• 640 x 480
• 1280 x 720
• 1920 x 1280
• Color Grid Array
• Super Video Grid Adapter

Display Standards

c) VGA – ​ (a)   (​ (b)   resolution)

d) HD – ​ (c)   (​ (d)   resolution) – Also known as ​ (e)  

• Video Graphics Array
• 640 x 480
• High Definition
• 1280 x 720
• 720p
• 800 x 600
• 1920 x 1280
• 1080p
• Home Defense
• Visual Graph Array

Display Standards

e) FHD – Full High Definition (​ (a)   resolution) – Also known as ​ (b)  

f) UHD – Ultra High Definition ( ​ (c)   resolution) – Also known as ​ (d)   ​

• 1920 x 1280
• 1080p
• 3840 x 2160
• 4k
• 1440p
• (2560 x 1440
• 2560 x 1440