screen

Screen may mean: Window screen, a wire mesh that covers a window openingFire screen Windshield (windscreen), protects the driver of a vehicleScreen-printing (silk-screening), a method of printingProjection screen, a viewing surfaceDisplay device, a cathode ray tube or liquid crystal display (LCD)Computer display screen Television screen Electronic page, an interface, scene, page, or group of content on an electronic display device.Screen (journal), a journal of film and television studiesGNU Screen, a computer program which multiplexes computer terminalsGenetic screen, a procedure to identify a particular kind of phenotypeScreen (sports), when a player obstructs the vision or motion of another playerScreen pass, a play in American Football.Rood screen, a partition in a church which separates the chancel from the naveSieve, a mesh used to separate fine particles from coarse ones.another name for "dynpro" in ABAP programs
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(v. t.)
To provide with a shelter or means of concealment; to separate or cut off from inconvenience, injury, or danger; to shelter; to protect; to protect by hiding; to conceal; as, fruits screened from cold winds by a forest or hill.
  

(v. t.)
To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable; to sift.
  

(n.)
Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire screen.
  

(n.)
A surface, as that afforded by a curtain, sheet, wall, etc., upon which an image, as a picture, is thrown by a magic lantern, solar microscope, etc.
  

(n.)
A long, coarse riddle or sieve, sometimes a revolving perforated cylinder, used to separate the coarser from the finer parts, as of coal, sand, gravel, and the like.
  

(n.)
A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, or the like.
  

1. In a telecommunications, computing, or data processing system, to examine entities that are being processed to determine their suitability for further processing. 2. A nonferrous metallic mesh used to provide electromagnetic shielding. (188 ) 3. To reduce undesired electromagnetic signals and noise by enclosing devices in electrostatic or electromagnetic shields. (188 ) 4. A viewing surface, such as that of a cathode ray tube or liquid crystal display (LCD).

1. An arrangement of ships, aircraft and/or submarines to protect a main body or convoy. See also screen coordinator. 2. In cartography, a sheet of transparent film, glass or plastic carrying a "ruling" or other regularly repeated pattern which may be used in conjunction with a mask, either photographically or photomechanically, to produce areas of the pattern. See also half-tone screen. 3. In surveillance, camouflage and concealment, any natural or artificial material, opaque to surveillance sensor(s), interposed between the sensor(s), and the object to be camouflaged or concealed. See also concealment. 4. A security element whose primary task is to observe, identify and report information, and which only fights in self-protection. See also flank-guard; guard. 1/3/81

Terme naval définissant la disposition de navires, de sous-marins ou d'aéronefs, en vue de la protection d'une unité ou d'une flotte contre des attaques menées à partir de sous-marins, d'aéronefs ou de missiles. Voir aussi coordonnateur d'écran. 1/3/81

En cartographie, feuille transparente de matière plastique ou de verre, portant un carroyage ou quelque autre motif régulier pouvant être utilisé avec un masque pour reproduire certaines parties de ce motif par des moyens photographiques ou photomécaniques. Voir aussi trame de demi-teinte. 1/3/81

Elément de sûreté dont la tâche principale est d'observer, d'identifier et de transmettre les informations et qui ne se bat que pour assurer sa propre protection. Aussi appelé "sonnette". Voir aussi élément de protection; flanc- garde. 1/3/81

En camouflage, matériau naturel ou artificiel opaque pour les systèmes de détection et que l'on interpose entre ces systèmes et l'objet à camoufler ou à cacher. Voir aussi dissimulation. 1/3/81