VDU

Examples

• All

• The VDU is making it too easy to write badly.

  Blog text (16)

• Hunched over a VDU, the salesman is offering Juliet a range of flights.

  Fiction book (1994)

• An Echotee CV950 VDU fathometer was available for depth determination.

  Academic text (1992)

• After retraining in professional photography at art college, I spent large amounts of money on equipment, not just digital cameras and lenses, but a 5x4 film camera, scanner, studio lighting, A2 printers, computers, and professional quality VDUs.

  Blog text (20)

• He stared at the VDU for hours while finishing his report.

• The new VDU displayed colors more vividly than the old one.

• Adjusting the settings on the VDU improved the visibility of the text.

Synonyms

S

screen

vsVDU

∞ 1.0

A flat surface that shows images or videos

is the specific computer output device not any general surface or viewing area

D

display

vsVDU

• Specialized

197 2.5

A screen on a device that shows pictures and words

is the specific computer-output device rather than the broad visual category

M

monitor

vsVDU

118 3.3

A screen that shows pictures from a computer

is specific to computer output rather than many electronic sources

C

computer monitor

vsVDU

8 2.7

A screen that shows the images and information from a computer

is the same device but with neutral focus on the screen itself

V

video display

vsVDU

2 3.4

A screen that shows text, photos, or moving pictures

is limited to presenting computer output data rather than mainly motion images

C

computer display

vsVDU

1 2.5

A screen that shows pictures and text from a computer

is the device term that emphasizes the whole unit rather than only the screen

V

visual display unit

vsVDU

• UK

4.1

A screen like a computer monitor that shows images and text

is the same concept but named with a shorter technical abbreviation

How Big

big screen

30 3.2

VDU

• Archaic

1 6.3

laptop

309 1.0

tablet

286 2.7

smartphone

227 1.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology