passive matrix display

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   a type of LCD display used for some portable computers; parallel wires run both vertically and horizontally and pixels are turned on when the wires intersecting at that pixel are both energized

   “passive matrix displays are generally inferior to active matrix displays”

   Broaderliquid crystal display

   Narrowerdual scan display

Questions about passive matrix display

What does passive matrix display mean?

passive matrix display means "a type of LCD display used for some portable computers; parallel wires run both vertically and horizontally and pixels are turned on when the wires intersecting at that pixel are both energized".

Is passive matrix display a common word?

passive matrix display 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.