video graphics array

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video graphics array - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Video Graphics Array
  Video Graphics Adapter
  Video Graphics Adaptor
  
     <hardware> (VGA) A display standard for IBM PCs, with 640
     x 480 pixels in 16 colours and a 4:3 aspect ratio.  There
     is also a text mode with 720 x 400 pixels.
  
     IBM technical references define the *product name* of their
     original VGA display board as "Video Graphics Array", in
     contrast to the preceding boards, the "Color Graphics Adapter
     " (CGA) and "Enhanced Graphics Adapter" (EGA).
  
     See also Super Video Graphics Adapter.
  
     (1995-01-12)