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Screen
The term
screen
has a number of meanings:
A
window screen
is a wire mesh that covers a window to keeps out insects.
Screen
is also a synonym for
film
or
movie
as in the expresion "Silver Screen" or the
Screen Actors Guild
.
Screen-printing
, of
Silk-Screening
is a method of printing.
A
screen
is also a viewing surface, such as that of a
cathode ray tube
or
liquid crystal display
(LCD).
The verb
screen
is to examine something for defects or dangers.
A
genetic screen
in
genetics
is a procedure or test to identify and select individuals that possess a particular kind of
phenotype
In a
telecommunications
,
computing
, or
data processing
system
, to examine entities that are being processed to determine their suitability for further processing.
It can also describe a nonferrous
metallic
mesh used to provide
electromagnetic
shielding.
Screening can be to reduce undesired electromagnetic
signals
and
noise
by enclosing devices in
electrostatic
or electromagnetic shields.
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