video display terminal
noun
1.
Computers.
a computer terminal consisting of a screen on which data or graphics can be displayed.
Abbreviation:
VDT.
Also called
visual display terminal
;
especially British,
visual display unit
.
Origin
1975-80
video display terminal
in Science
video display terminal
(vĭd'ē-ō')
A computer terminal having a video display that uses a cathode-ray tube.
video display terminal
in Technology
visual display unit