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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

display
     n 1: something intended to communicate a particular impression;
          "made a display of strength"; "a show of impatience"; "a
          good show of looking interested" [syn: show]
     2: something shown to the public; "the museum had many exhibits
        of oriental art" [syn: exhibit, showing]
     3: an electronic device that represents information in visual
        form
     4: a visual representation of something [syn: presentation]
     5: behavior that makes your feelings public; "a display of
        emotion"
     6: exhibiting openly in public view; "a display of courage"
     v 1: to show, make visible or apparent: "The Metropolitan Museum
          is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you
          show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?" "National
          leaders will have to display the highest skills of
          statesmanship.." [syn: expose, exhibit]
     2: make clear and visible; "The article revealed the policies
        of the government" [syn: reveal, show]
     3: attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of
        animals

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Display \Dis*play"\, n.
   1. An opening or unfolding; exhibition; manifestation.

            Having witnessed displays of his power and grace.
                                                  --Trench.

   2. Ostentatious show; exhibition for effect; parade.

            He died, as erring man should die, Without display,
            without parade.                       --Byron.
Display \Dis*play"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displayed; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Displaying.] [OE. displaien, desplaien, OF.
   despleier, desploier, F. d['e]ployer; pref. des- (L. dis-) +
   pleier, ploier, plier, F. ployer, plier, to fold, bend, L.
   plicare. See Ply, and cf. Deploy, Splay.]
   1. To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to
      spread.

            The northern wind his wings did broad display.
                                                  --Spenser.

   2. (Mil.) To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into
      line. --Farrow.

   3. To spread before the view; to show; to exhibit to the
      sight, or to the mind; to make manifest.

            His statement . . . displays very clearly the actual
            condition of the army.                --Burke.

   4. To make an exhibition of; to set in view conspicuously or
      ostentatiously; to exhibit for the sake of publicity; to
      parade.

            Proudly displaying the insignia of their order.
                                                  --Prescott.

   5. (Print.) To make conspicuous by large or prominent type.

   6. To discover; to descry. [Obs.]

            And from his seat took pleasure to display The city
            so adorned with towers.               --Chapman.

   Syn: To exhibit; show; manifest; spread out; parade; expand;
        flaunt.
Display \Dis*play"\, v. i.
   To make a display; to act as one making a show or
   demonstration. --Shak.

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10) 

display

   1. <hardware> monitor.

   2.  A vector of pointers to activation records.
   The Nth element points to the activation record containing
   variables declared at lexical depth N.  This allows faster
   access to variables from outer scopes than the alternative
   of linked activation records (but most variable accesses are
   either local or global or occasionally to the immediately
   enclosing scope).  Displays were used in some ALGOL
   implementations.

   (1996-02-22)