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Screen burn

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-001068

A permanent discoloration or ghosting on a display screen, caused by prolonged display of a static image. This phenomenon is more prevalent in older CRT and plasma displays, where phosphors or pixels degrade unevenly. While less common in modern LCDs, OLED screens can still experience a similar effect known as 'burn-in' due to differential aging of organic light-emitting diodes.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-001068
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectHardware
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-CMP-001068",
  "term": "Screen burn",
  "field": "Computing and IT",
  "definition": "A permanent discoloration or ghosting on a display screen, caused by prolonged display of a static image. This phenomenon is more prevalent in older CRT and plasma displays, where phosphors or pixels degrade unevenly. While less common in modern LCDs, OLED screens can still experience a similar effect known as 'burn-in' due to differential aging of organic light-emitting diodes.",
  "subject": "Hardware",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/screen-burn/"
}

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