vdu

3 definitions found

vdu - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  VDU
      n 1: (British) British term for video display [syn: visual display unit
           , VDU]

vdu - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Visual Display Unit
  Display Screen Equipment
  VDU
  
     <hardware> (VDU, or "video terminal", "video display
     terminal", VDT, "display terminal") A device incorporating a
     cathode ray tube (CRT) display, a keyboard and a serial port
     .  A VDU usually also includes its own display
     electronics which store the received data and convert it into
     electrical waveforms to drive the CRT.
  
     VDUs fall into two categories: dumb terminals and
     intelligent terminals (sometimes called "programmable
     terminals").
  
     Early VDUs could only display characters in a single preset
     font, and these were confined to being layed out in a
     rectangular grid, reproducing the functionality of the
     paper-based teletypes they were designed to replace.
  
     Later models added graphics facilities but were still driven
     via serial communications, typically with several VDUs
     attached to a single multi-user computer.  This contrasts with
     the much faster single bitmap displays integrated into most
     modern single-user personal computers and workstations.
  
     The term "Display Screen Equipment" (DSE) is used almost
     exclusively in connection with the health and safety issues
     concerning VDUs.
  
     Working with VDUs - UK Heath and Safety Executive (http://hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg36.pdf)
     .
  
     (2002-11-09)
  

vdu - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  VDU
         Visual Display Unit