display adapter

1. 1.

   (computer science) an electronic device that converts information in memory to video output to a display

   Synonymsdisplay adaptor

   Broaderelectronic device

   computer science

Questions about display adapter

What does display adapter mean?

display adapter means "(computer science) an electronic device that converts information in memory to video output to a display".

What is another word for display adapter?

Close synonyms include display adaptor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is display adapter a common word?

display adapter is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.