scanout
English
Noun
scanout (uncountable)
- (computer graphics) The conversion of image data in computer memory to a series of lines for output to a raster display.
- 1983, Bruce J. Schachter, Computer Image Generation (page 72)
- A video processor outputs one scan line at a time in synchrony with the TV raster scanout.
- 1996, James D. Foley, Andries Van Dam, Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice (page 858)
- A partial solution, suitable for low-resolution displays, is to place the frame buffer on an isolated bus. This allows video scanout to occur simultaneously with CPU operations that do not affect the frame buffer.
- 1983, Bruce J. Schachter, Computer Image Generation (page 72)