1. Video technologies Flashcards
What does the Video Card/Display Adapter do
Handles all communication between the CPU and
monitor
What are sub-pixels
Large amounts of liquid crystal molecules arranged in
rows and columns between polarizing filters
What colors are a pixel made up of
Red, Green, Blue sub-pixels
What is static Charging
different shaped element with it own charge and each
being charge at the same time.
What is charging vertical and horizontal wires to light up
one sub-pixel called
Passive Matrix
What is Duel-scan passive matrix
Screen refreshed two lines at at time
How is Active matrix/thin film transistor achieved
tiny transistors control each color dot
What is CCFL
Cold Cathode Florescent Lamp-backlight use in monitors
What is LED
Light-emitting diodes, New technology for back lighting
Edge blurring technique to soften jagged corner of pixels
running at lower resolutions is called what
Anti-aliasing
Nits is the measurement of what
brightness
How is the response rate determined for LED
The time it takes for all the sub pixel to go from black to
white and black again
RAMDAC
Random Access memory digital-to-analog converter: a
chip embedded in a video card
What is a Graphic Video Card
enable any program to turn any pixel on the screen on or
off
What is AGP and its’ use
Accelerated Graphics Port: a special port dedicated to
video
