English Dictionary
◊ DISPLAY
display
n 1: something done in order to communicate a particular
impression; "made a display of strength"; "a show of
impatience"; "a good show of looking interested" [syn: {show}]
2: something shown to the public; "the museum had many exhibits
of oriental art" [syn: {exhibit}, {showing}]
3: a visual representation of something [syn: {presentation}]
4: behavior that makes your feelings public; "a display of
emotion"
5: exhibiting openly in public view; "a display of courage"
6: a device that represents information in visual form
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}]
2: make clear and visible; "The article revealed the policies
of the government" [syn: {reveal}, {show}]
3: attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of
animals
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DISPLAY
display
1. {monitor}.
2. A vector of pointers to {activation record}s.
The Nth element points to the activation record containing
variables declared at {lexical depth} N. This allows faster
access to variables from outer {scope}s 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.
(1996-02-22)