display
    n 1: something intended to communicate a particular impression;
         "made a display of strength"; "a show of impatience"; "a
         good show of looking interested" [syn: display, show]
    2: something shown to the public; "the museum had many exhibits
       of oriental art" [syn: display, exhibit, showing]
    3: a visual representation of something [syn: display,
       presentation]
    4: behavior that makes your feelings public; "a display of
       emotion"
    5: exhibiting openly in public view; "a display of courage"
    6: an electronic device that represents information in visual
       form [syn: display, video display]
    v 1: to show, make visible or apparent; "The Metropolitan Museum
         is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show
         your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders
         will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship"
         [syn: expose, exhibit, display]
    2: attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of
       animals

Display \Dis*play"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displayed; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Displaying.] [OE. displaien, desplaien, OF.
   despleier, desploier, F. d['e]ployer; pref. des- (L. dis-) +
   pleier, ploier, plier, F. ployer, plier, to fold, bend, L.
   plicare. See Ply, and cf. Deploy, Splay.]
   1. To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to
      spread.
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            The northern wind his wings did broad display.
                                                  --Spenser.
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   2. (Mil.) To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into
      line. --Farrow.
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   3. To spread before the view; to show; to exhibit to the
      sight, or to the mind; to make manifest.
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            His statement . . . displays very clearly the actual
            condition of the army.                --Burke.
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   4. To make an exhibition of; to set in view conspicuously or
      ostentatiously; to exhibit for the sake of publicity; to
      parade.
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            Proudly displaying the insignia of their order.
                                                  --Prescott.
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   5. (Print.) To make conspicuous by large or prominent type.
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   6. To discover; to descry. [Obs.]
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            And from his seat took pleasure to display
            The city so adorned with towers.      --Chapman.

   7. (Computers) To output (results or data) in a visible
      manner on the screen of a monitor, CRT, or other device.
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   Syn: To exhibit; show; manifest; spread out; parade; expand;
        flaunt.
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Display \Dis*play"\, v. i.
   To make a display; to act as one making a show or
   demonstration. --Shak.
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Display \Dis*play"\, n.
   1. An opening or unfolding; exhibition; manifestation.
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            Having witnessed displays of his power and grace.
                                                  --Trench.
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   2. Ostentatious show; exhibition for effect; parade.
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            He died, as erring man should die,
            Without display, without parade.      --Byron.
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   3. (Electronics) An electronic device on which the output
      signal of another electronic device may be presented in a
      visual form; -- also called display device. Typically
      the display device it is the screen of a cathode-ray tube,
      as in a computer monitor, but other forms of visual
      display such as LED or liquid crystal devices are also
      used. The printed output from a computer or other device
      is not considered as a display.
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   4. (Computers) The output signal from a computer program,
      displayed on a display device. The displayed signal may
      consist of letters, numbers, or any graphical image.
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   5. (Biology) a pattern of behavior, such as showing a body
      part to another animal, by which one animal conveys
      information to another, as for mating or defense.
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display

   1.  monitor.

   2.  A vector of pointers to activation records.
   The Nth element points to the activation record containing
   variables declared at lexical depth N.  This allows faster
   access to variables from outer scopes than the alternative
   of linked activation records (but most variable accesses are
   either local or global or occasionally to the immediately
   enclosing scope).  Displays were used in some ALGOL
   implementations.

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