Screen

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Contents 1 Separation or partitioning 2 Filtration/selection processes 3 Media display 4 Software 5 Arts 6 Gaming 7 Media 8 Other

Screen may refer to:

[edit] Separation or partitioning

• Window screen, a wire mesh that covers a window opening
• Fire screen, a device to put in front of a fireplace
• Windbreak of trees or shrubs
• Windshield (windscreen), protects the driver of a vehicle
• Folding screen, a piece of decorative furniture
  • Byōbu, Japanese decorative folding screens
  • Coromandel screen, Chinese incised lacquer screen
  • Irworobongdo, a type of Korean folding screen
• Rood screen, 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

[edit] Filtration/selection processes

• Screening, the process of identifying or selecting members of a population based on one or more selection criteria
• Sieve, a mesh used to separate fine particles from coarse ones
• Genetic screen, a procedure to identify a particular kind of phenotype

[edit] Media display

• Display device, a cathode ray tube or liquid crystal display (LCD)
• Computer display screen
• Touchscreen, a display device that also takes input via embedded pressure sensors
• Projection screen, a viewing surface
• Television screen

[edit] Software

• GNU Screen, a computer program which multiplexes computer terminals
• another name for "dynpro" in ABAP programs

[edit] Arts

• Screen-printing (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

[edit] Gaming

• Screen (bridge), a device used in some Bridge that visually separates partners at the table from each other
• Screen (sports), when a player obstructs the vision or motion of another player

[edit] Media

• Screen (journal), a film and television studies journal published by Oxford University Press
• Screen (magazine), a weekly entertainment magazine from India
• Screenonline, online film and television magazine produced by the British Film Institute

[edit] Other

• Electronic page, an interface, scene, page, or group of content on an electronic display device
• The conductive screen around the inner conductor(s) of an electrical cable, usually either foil or braided wire

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