alphanumeric display

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Noun

alphanumeric display - a display that gives the information in the form of characters (numbers or letters)

digital display

digital voltmeter - an electronic voltmeter that gives readings in digits

digital watch - a watch with a digital display

video display, display - an electronic device that represents information in visual form

LED, light-emitting diode - diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used

LCD, liquid crystal display - a digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field; used for portable computer displays and watches etc.

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When computers started having screens (or monitors), as well as printers, a new alphanumeric display was created using dots.

Writing the alphabet using dots, pixillated alphanumerics, and cross-stitch

Two large up/down menu keys are used to cycle the 16-character alphanumeric display to the desired menu; the up/down parameter keys are then used to select the desired setting.

Belar Updates AM Modulation Monitors For HD Radio, MDCL

Final values are indicated by an audible alert and measurements are shown on an integral two-line alphanumeric display.

Labcell introduces AquaLab Pre

In addition to reducing the cables that our visitors could accidentally grab or trip over in the dark, SkyFi and SkyVoyager provide a detailed graphical user interface that generally enables us to find interesting objects in a particular region of sky--objects that are easily overlooked on the scrolling alphanumeric display of a conventional Go To hand controller.

Carina Software's SkyFi

This display can be of any type, such as USB-controlled TFT (Thin Film Transistor), an LCD, a simple alphanumeric display or a numeric LED display.

Gus embedded display periscope

The controller includes a full alphanumeric display, temperature alarms, pressure alarms, fluid level readout and Dl control and readout.

Thermo fisher scientific expands line of chillers

The control panel is ergonomically placed and has an eight-line alphanumeric display with operator-prompting messages for easy set-up and feedback of machine operations.

Production Sawing

Marina and Mahan (2005) evaluated performance for integrated tasks in Experiments 1 and 2 and obtained results favoring the polar coordinate display, relative to the traditional label (an alphanumeric display).

Objects and mappings: incompatible principles of display design--a critique of Marino and Mahan

* Four-line Alphanumeric Display: Identifies trunked zones, talk groups and conventional channels