video card

noun

A piece of hardware installed into a personal computer to allow it to send video signals to an external output device such as a monitor or projector.

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display adaptergraphics accelerator cardgraphics adaptergraphics cardvideo adaptervideo boardvideo display board
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Meanings

nounvideo card (plural video cards)

plural video cards

  1. computingA piece of hardware installed into a personal computer to allow it to send video signals to an external output device such as a monitor or projector.

    Synonyms: display adapter, graphics accelerator card, graphics adapter, graphics card, video adapter, video board, video display board

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA piece of hardware installed into a personal computer to allow it to send video signals to an external output device such as a monitor or projector.

Similar
display adaptergraphics accelerator cardgraphics adaptergraphics cardvideo adaptervideo boardvideo display board
Also see
graphics card

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 顯示卡 /显示卡, 顯卡 /显卡
  • 顯示卡 /显示卡 (xiǎnshìkǎ)display adapter
  • 顯卡 /显卡 (xiǎnkǎ)display adapter
Dutch grafische kaart, videokaart
  • grafische kaartdisplay adapter
  • videokaartdisplay adapter
Finnish grafiikkakortti, näytönohjain
  • grafiikkakorttidisplay adapter
  • näytönohjaindisplay adapter
French carte graphique, carte vidéo
  • carte graphiquedisplay adapter
  • carte vidéodisplay adapter
  • adaptateur graphiquedisplay adapter
German Grafikkarte
  • Grafikkartedisplay adapter
Hungarian videokártya
  • videokártyadisplay adapter
Irish físchárta
  • físchártadisplay adapter
Italian scheda video, videoscheda
  • scheda videodisplay adapter
  • videoschedadisplay adapter
Japanese ビデオカード, グラフィックスカード
  • ビデオカード (bideokādo)display adapter
  • グラフィックスカード (gurafikkusukādo)display adapter
  • グラボ (gurabo)display adapter
Polish karta graficzna
  • karta graficznadisplay adapter
Portuguese placa de vídeo
  • placa de vídeodisplay adapter
Russian видеока́рта, видеопла́та
  • видеока́рта (videokárta)display adapter
  • видеопла́та (videopláta)display adapter
Thai การ์ดจอ
  • การ์ดจอdisplay adapter
Cite this entry
APA

video card. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/video%20card

MLA

“video card.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/video%20card. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “video card,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/video%20card.

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