graphics card

English

Noun

graphics card (plural graphics cards)

1. (computing) A circuit board that generates and controls the visual display on a computer screen.
   • 2022, N. K. Jemisin, The World We Make, Orbit, page 175:

     Sitting down in front of her desktop, Veneza starts working, even though she hasn’t had a chance to install the new graphics card yet.

Synonyms

• dGPU
• display adapter
• graphics accelerator card
• graphics adapter
• video adapter
• video board
• video card
• video display board

Translations

display adapter

• Catalan: targeta gráfica
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 顯示卡／显示卡 (zh) (xiǎnshìkǎ), 顯卡／显卡 (zh) (xiǎnkǎ) (short form)

• Danish: grafikkort n, skærmkort n
• Dutch: grafische kaart c, videokaart (nl) c
• Finnish: näytönohjain (fi), näyttis (colloquial), näytönohjainkortti, grafiikkakortti (fi) (dated)
• French: carte graphique (fr) f, carte vidéo (fr), adaptateur graphique (fr) m
• Galician: tarxeta gráfica f
• German: Grafikkarte (de) f
• Hungarian: videokártya (hu)
• Icelandic: skjákort n
• Italian: scheda video f
• Japanese: ビデオカード (bideokādo), グラフィックスカード (gurafikkusukādo), グラボ (gurabo)
• Malay: kad grafik
• Marathi: ग्राफिक कार्ड n (grāphik kārḍa)
• Polish: karta graficzna (pl) f
• Russian: видеока́рта (ru) f (videokárta)
• Swedish: grafikkort (sv) n
• Thai: การ์ดจอ (gáad-jɔɔ)