Editing Display device (section)

{{Short description|Output device for presentation of information in visual form}}
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[[Image:Anzeigen(Displays).jpg|240px|thumb|[[Nixie tube]]s, [[LED]] display and [[Vacuum fluorescent display|VF display]], top to bottom]][[File:Fallblattanzeigetafel ausschnitt ffm hbf.jpg|thumb|Display board at [[Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof]] (2005)]]
{{anchor|Visual displays}}A '''display device''' is an [[output device]] for presentation of [[information]] in [[visual]]<ref name="University of West Florida">{{cite web|last=Lemley|first=Linda|title=Chapter 6: Output|url=http://uwf.edu/clemley/cgs1570w/notes/Concepts-6.htm|work=Discovering Computers|publisher=University of West Florida|access-date=3 June 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614152622/http://uwf.edu/clemley/cgs1570w/notes/Concepts-6.htm|archive-date=14 June 2012}}</ref> or [[Touch|tactile]] form (the latter used for example in [[Refreshable Braille display|tactile electronic displays]] for blind people).<ref name="Office of the Chief information Officer">{{cite web|title=Accommodations For Vision Disabilities|url=http://energy.gov/cio/accommodations-vision-disabilities|work=Energy.gov|publisher=Office of the Chief information Officer|access-date=3 June 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609151025/http://energy.gov/cio/accommodations-vision-disabilities|archive-date=9 June 2012}}</ref> When the input information that is supplied has an electrical signal the display is called an ''[[Electronic visual display|electronic display]]''.

Common applications for ''electronic visual displays'' are [[television set]]s or [[computer monitor]]s.