Glossary D

Deutsch: Display / Español: Display

In the industrial, industry context, a "display" refers to a device or a device component used to show information visually, typically through electronic means. Some common examples of displays in industrial, industry applications include:

• Liquid crystal displays (LCD): used in various electronic devices such as computer monitors, televisions, and digital displays in vehicles.

• OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) displays: used in smartwatches, mobile phones, laptops and television screens.

• LED displays: used in outdoor advertising, traffic signals, scoreboards, and other large-scale display applications.

• Touchscreen displays: used in industrial control panels, kiosks, and consumer electronics devices.

• Digital displays for process instrumentation: used in manufacturing plants, chemical processing facilities, and other industrial settings to show real-time information on process variables such as temperature, pressure, and flow.

In the industrial or industry context, "drive" can have several different meanings. Some of the most common uses of the term "drive" in the industrial context include:

Deutsch: Durchmesser / Español: Diámetro / Português: Diâmetro / Français: Diamètre / Italiano: Diametro
In geometry, the diameter of a circle is any straight line segment that passes through the center of the circle and whose endpoints lie on the circle.

Deutsch: Daten
Data are values of qualitative or quantitative variables, belonging to a set of items. Data in computing (or data processing) are represented in a structure, often tabular (represented by rows and columns), a tree (a set of nodes with parent-children relationship) or a graph structure (a set of interconnected nodes). Data are typically the results of measurements and can be visualised using graphs or images.

Drafting, in the context of cartographic reproduction, refers to the process of creating a final map or chart from original survey or field notes, sketches, or other source materials. It involves the careful transfer of information from these sources onto a clean, final map or chart using a variety of manual or digital drafting techniques.

DVD is the acronym of digital versatile disk (DVD).

Drilling -is described as the use of such a machine - drill to create holes for exploration or for loading explosives.

Dynamo is described as a mechanical device that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy through electromagnetic induction process.