Screen
Encyclopedia
Separation or partitioning
- Window screenWindow screenA window screen, insect screen or bug screen is a metal wire, fiberglass, or other synthetic fiber mesh, stretched in a frame of wood or metal, designed to cover the opening of an open window. Its primary purpose is to keep leaves, debris, insects, birds, and other animals from entering a building...
, a wire mesh that covers a window opening - Fire screenFire screenA fire screen began as a form of furniture that acted as a shield between an occupant of a room and the fireplace, and its primary function was to reduce the discomfort of excessive heat radiating from a log fire...
, a device to put in front of a fireplace - WindbreakWindbreakA windbreak or shelterbelt is a plantation usually made up of one or more rows of trees or shrubs planted in such a manner as to provide shelter from the wind and to protect soil from erosion. They are commonly planted around the edges of fields on farms. If designed properly, windbreaks around a...
of trees or shrubs - WindshieldWindshieldThe windshield or windscreen of an aircraft, car, bus, motorbike or tram is the front window. Modern windshields are generally made of laminated safety glass, a type of treated glass, which consists of two curved sheets of glass with a plastic layer laminated between them for safety, and are glued...
(windscreen), protects the driver of a vehicle - Folding screenFolding ScreenA folding screen , is a piece of free-standing furniture which consists of several frames or panels connected by hinges. It can be made in a variety of designs and with different kinds of materials. Screens have many practical and decorative uses...
, a piece of decorative furniture- ByōbuByobuare Japanese folding screens made from several joined panels bearing decorative painting and calligraphy, used to separate interiors and enclose private spaces, among other uses.- History :...
, Japanese decorative folding screens - Coromandel ScreenCoromandel ScreenA Coromandel Screen is a wooden folding screen coated in dark lacquer that is carved before being painted with gold or varied colors. Some may be decorated with precious stones....
, a type of Chinese incised lacquer screen - IrworobongdoIrworobongdoIrworobongdo is a Korean folding screen with a highly stylized landscape painting of a sun and moon, five peaks which always was set behind Eojwa, the king’s royal throne during the Joseon Dynasty. It literally means "Painting of the Sun, Moon and the Five Peaks" and is also called "Irwoldo" or...
, a type of Korean folding screen
- Byōbu
- RainscreenRainscreenA rainscreen is the exterior weather-facing surface of an exterior wall detail that stands off from the moisture-resistant surface of the structural backup wall. The rainscreen is the first interruption between conditions that exist on the outside of a walled building and conditions that are...
, in building construction - Rood screenRood screenThe rood screen is a common feature in late medieval church architecture. It is typically an ornate partition between the chancel and nave, of more or less open tracery constructed of wood, stone, or wrought iron...
, a partition in a church which separates the chancel from the nave - Smoke screen, smoke released in order to mask the movement or location of military units
Filtration/selection processes
- Screening, the process of identifying or selecting members of a population based on one or more selection criteria
- SieveSieveA sieve, or sifter, separates wanted elements from unwanted material using a woven screen such as a mesh or net. However, in cooking, especially with flour, a sifter is used to aerate the substance, among other things. A strainer is a type of sieve typically used to separate a solid from a liquid...
, a mesh used to separate fine particles from coarse ones - Genetic screenGenetic screenA genetic screen is a procedure or test to identify and select individuals who possess a phenotype of interest. A genetic screen for new genes is often referred to as forward genetics as opposed to reverse genetics, the term for identifying mutant alleles in genes that are already known...
, a procedure to identify a particular kind of phenotype - Mechanical screeningMechanical screeningMechanical screening, often just called screening, is the practice of taking granulated ore material and separating it into multiple grades by particle size....
, a unit operation in materials handling which separates product into multiple grades by particle size
Media display
- Display deviceDisplay deviceA display device is an output device for presentation of information in visual or tactile form...
, a cathode ray tube or liquid crystal display (LCD) - Computer monitor or display screen
- TouchscreenTouchscreenA touchscreen is an electronic visual display that can detect the presence and location of a touch within the display area. The term generally refers to touching the display of the device with a finger or hand. Touchscreens can also sense other passive objects, such as a stylus...
, a display device that also takes input via embedded pressure sensors - Projection screenProjection screenA projection screen is an installation consisting of a surface and a support structure used for displaying a projected image for the view of an audience. Projection screens may be permanently installed, as in a movie theater; painted on the wall; or semi-permanent or mobile, as in a conference room...
, a viewing surface - TelevisionTelevisionTelevision is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
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Software
- GNU ScreenGNU ScreenGNU Screen is a software application that can be used to multiplex several virtual consoles, allowing a user to access multiple separate terminal sessions inside a single terminal window or remote terminal session...
, a computer program which multiplexes computer terminals - another name for "dynpro" in ABAPABAPABAP , is a high-level programming language created by the German software company SAP...
programs - Screen (image blending), a blending method for digital images
Arts
- Screen-printingScreen-printingScreen printing is a printing technique that uses a woven mesh to support an ink-blocking stencil. The attached stencil forms open areas of mesh that transfer ink or other printable materials which can be pressed through the mesh as a sharp-edged image onto a substrate...
(silk-screening), a method of printing - Big screen, a nickname associated with the motion picture industry
- Split screen (filmmaking), a film composition paradigm in which multiple distinct film sequences are shown simultaneously and next to each other
Gaming
- Screen (bridge)Screen (bridge)The screen is a device used in some tournaments in duplicate bridge that visually separates partners at the table from each other, in order to reduce the exchange of unauthorized information. It is a panel made of plywood, spanned canvas or similar material, which is placed vertically, diagonally...
, a device used in some Bridge that visually separates partners at the table from each other - Screen (sports)Screen (sports)A screen is a blocking move by an offensive player, by standing beside or behind a defender, to free a teammate to shoot, receive a pass, or drive in to score. In basketball, it is also known as a pick. Screens can be on-ball , or off-ball...
, when a player obstructs the vision or motion of another player
Media
- Screen (journal)Screen (journal)Screen is a journal of film and television studies based at the John Logie Baird Centre at the University of Glasgow and published by Oxford University Press. It is co-edited by John Caughie, Alan Durant, Simon Frith, Sandra Kemp, Norman King, and Annette Kuhn.- History :Screen originated in the...
, a film and television studies journal published by Oxford University Press - Screen (magazine)Screen (magazine)Screen is a film magazine, published every week in India. It is owned by The Indian Express publishing group. The content focuses on the Bollywood, India's Hindi movie industry located in Mumbai. Screen organizes and sponsors the Star Screen Awards for movies in Hindi....
, a weekly entertainment magazine from India - ScreenonlineScreenonlineScreenonline is a Web site devoted to the history of British film and television, and to social history as revealed by film and television. The project has been developed by the British Film Institute and funded by a £1.2 million grant from the National Lottery New Opportunities Fund.Reviews...
, online film and television magazine produced by the British Film Institute
Other
- Electronic pageElectronic pageAn electronic page is a term to encompass the grouping of content between basic breaking points in presentations or documents that originate or remain as visual electronic documents. This is a software file and recording format term in contrast to electronic paper, a hardware display technology...
, an interface, scene, page, or group of content on an electronic display device - Pat ScreenPat ScreenJames Patrick Screen, Jr., known as Pat Screen , was a Louisiana State University quarterback from New Orleans, Louisiana, who served as the Democratic Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish from 1981–1988....
, Louisiana State University football player and Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana - The conductive screen around the inner conductor(s) of an electrical cableCableA cable is two or more wires running side by side and bonded, twisted or braided together to form a single assembly. In mechanics cables, otherwise known as wire ropes, are used for lifting, hauling and towing or conveying force through tension. In electrical engineering cables are used to carry...
, usually either foil or braided wire