visual display terminal
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visual display terminal — ➔ VDT * * * visual display terminal UK US noun [C] IT ► VDT(Cf. ↑VDT) … Financial and business terms
visual display terminal — /ˌvɪzjυəl dɪ spleɪ ˌtɜ:minəl/, visual display unit /ˌvɪʒυəl dɪ spleɪ ˌju:nɪt/ noun a screen attached to a computer which shows the information stored in the computer. Abbr VDT, VDU … Marketing dictionary in english
visual display terminal — Computers. See video display terminal. Abbr.: VDT … Useful english dictionary
visual display unit — noun a computer terminal which displays information on a screen. Also, visual display terminal, VDU …
video display terminal — Computers. a computer terminal consisting of a screen on which data or graphics can be displayed. Abbr.: VDT Also called visual display terminal; esp. Brit., visual display unit. [1975 80] * * * … Universalium
video display terminal — Computers. a computer terminal consisting of a screen on which data or graphics can be displayed. Abbr.: VDT Also called visual display terminal; esp. Brit., visual display unit. [1975 80] … Useful english dictionary
visual display unit — noun (British) British term for video display • Syn: ↑VDU • Topics: ↑computer, ↑computing machine, ↑computing device, ↑data processor, ↑electronic computer, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
visual display unit — Chiefly Brit. Computers. See video display terminal. Abbr.: VDU [1970 75] * * * … Universalium
terminal — n. point on an electric circuit 1) a negative; positive terminal device by which information enters or leaves a computer 2) a computer terminal; a Visual Display Terminal = VDT (AE; BE has Visual Display Unit = VDU) passenger, freight station 3)… … Combinatory dictionary
terminal — 1. adjective 1) a terminal illness Syn: incurable, untreatable, inoperable; fatal, mortal, deadly; Medicine immedicable 2) terminal patients Syn: incurable, dying; near death, on one s deathbed, on one … Thesaurus of popular words
