Meanings
plural VDTs
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of video display terminal.
He got up, went around to the back of the VDT, and looked through the slots.
1983, Stephen King, Word Processor of the Gods1 more example
Our fascination with the rational and calculated world of computer-generated interactions may be forcing us to adapt in ways detrimental to our health and personalities: eye strain and headaches from working too many hours in front of a VDT terminal;[…]
1984, Craig Brod, Technostress: the human cost of the computer revolution, Addison-Wesley, →ISBN, page 1
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VDT. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/VDT
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