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A display device is a device for presentation of information for visual or tactile reception, acquired, stored, or transmitted in various forms. When the input information is supplied as an electrical signal, the display is called "electronic display". Electronic displays are available for presentation of visual and tactile information.
Tactile electronic displays are usually intended for the blind or visually impaired, they use electro-mechanical parts to dynamically update a tactile image (usually of text) so that the image may be felt by the fingers.
Here are the common types of display devices:

Analog electronic displays

Cathode ray tube (CRT) (earlier)

Digital electronic displays

Bistable display

Electronic paper

Nixie tube displays

VF display

LED displays (later)

ELD

Plasma display panels (PDP)

Liquid crystal displays (LCD) (most recent)

HPA display
Thin-film transistor displays (TFT) display

Organic light-emitting diode displays (OLED) (forthcoming)

SED (forthcoming)

Laser TV (forthcoming)

Carbon nanotubes (experimental)

Nanocrystal displays (experimental), using quantum dots to make vibrant, flexible screens.

Projectors

Film projectors

Digital projectors

Digital projector
Mechanical types

Ticker tape (historical)

Split-flap display (or simply flap display)

flip-disc display (or flip-dot display)

Rollsign

Refreshable Braille display

Idiot lights

The "Check Engine" light on an automobile dashboard is the quintessential idiot light, giving only the information that something is amiss, but not what particular subsystem or component, nor how urgent the problem is. Neither does it give any information about issues that may be still within acceptable limits, but trending towards failure. If the idiot light itself has failed, it'll give no indication that it has done so.

Segment displays

Some displays can show only digits or alphanumeric characters. They are called segment displays, because they're composed of several segments that switch on and off to give appearance of desired glyph. The segments are usually single LEDs or liquid crystals. They are mostly used in digital watches and pocket calculators. There are several types:

Seven segment display (most common, digits only)

Fourteen segment display

Sixteen segment display

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