flat panel display
Noun: A flat panel display is a type of video display screen that is thin and flat in physical profile. It is a modern electronic visual display technology that uses a panel of light-emitting or light-modulating elements, as opposed to the bulkier cathode-ray tube (CRT) technology. It is commonly used in devices like laptop computers, desktop monitors, televisions, and mobile devices.
The term is used to describe the physical screen technology itself. It is a compound noun that functions as a single unit to name this specific category of display. * Modern televisions almost exclusively use flat panel display technology. * The laptop's flat panel display is very bright and energy-efficient. * When shopping for a new monitor, compare the specs of different flat panel displays.
- The term is often abbreviated as FPD in technical specifications and industry contexts.
- The market for FPDs continues to grow year over year.
- It serves as an umbrella term encompassing specific technologies like LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), LED (Light-Emitting Diode), OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode), and plasma (now largely obsolete).
- LCD and OLED are the two most prevalent types of flat panel display.
- Flat-panel display: A common hyphenated variant of the term.
- Flat screen: A more general, consumer-friendly term often used synonymously, though it can sometimes refer specifically to flat-panel televisions.
- LCD display / LED display / OLED display: Specific technologies that are types of flat panel displays.
- CRT (Cathode Ray Tube): The older, bulkier display technology that flat panel displays largely replaced.
- Thin-film display
- Flat screen (in general usage)
- Cathode-ray tube display
- CRT monitor
- Bulky display
- a type of video display that is thin and flat; commonly used in laptop computers