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title: "What function does the monitor of a computer serve?"  
description: "What function does the monitor of a computer serve?"  
author: "Mukul Goenka"  
published: 2022-05-11  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/97316/what-function-does-the-monitor-of-a-computer-serve  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["troubleshooting", "monitor"]  
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# What function does the monitor of a computer serve?

What [function](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/43970/purchase-suitable-wedding-dresses-for-your-wedding-function) does the monitor of a computer serve?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

- A **computer [monitor](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49931/we-just-got-mac-mini-s-at-work-it-has-two-thunderbolt-ports-can-i-hook-up-two-monitors)** is a device that displays information in the form of graphics or text. A monitor consists of a visual display, circuitry, a housing, and a power source. In modern monitors, the display technology is usually a thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD), with LED backlighting replacing cold-cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) backlighting.
- A cathode ray tube (CRT) and certain Plasma (also known as Gas-Plasma) displays were utilised in previous monitors. VGA, Digital Visual Interface (DVI), HDMI, DisplayPort, USB-C, low-voltage differential signalling (LVDS), and other proprietary connectors and signals are used to connect monitors to computers.

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