Editing Scoreboard (section)


{{Short description|Display device used in sports}}
{{for|the TV series|Scoreboard (TV series)}}
{{one source|date=September 2020}}
[[Image:New scoreboard.jpg|thumb|right|A scoreboard, during a game between the [[Detroit Red Wings]] and the [[Los Angeles Kings]] on March 9, 2007 at [[Joe Louis Arena]]]]
[[Image:Paladins scoreboard Royal Military College of Canada.JPG|thumb|right|[[Royal Military College Paladins]] bilingual scoreboard, inner field, [[Royal Military College of Canada]]]]

A '''scoreboard''' is a large board for publicly displaying the [[score (sport)|score]] in a game. Most levels of sport from high school and above use at least one scoreboard for keeping score, measuring time, and displaying statistics.  Scoreboards in the past used a mechanical clock and numeral cards to display the score.  When a point was made, a person would put the appropriate digits on a hook.  Most modern scoreboards use electromechanical or electronic means of displaying the score.  In these, digits are often composed of large [[dot matrix|dot-matrix]] or [[seven-segment display]]s made of [[Incandescent light bulb|incandescent bulbs]], [[light-emitting diode]]s, or electromechanical flip segments.  An official or neutral person will operate the scoreboard, using a [[control panel (engineering)|control panel]].