Definition of touch screen
: a display screen on which the user selects options (as from a menu) by touching the screen
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Engineers are also trying to make sophisticated touch screens, self-tinting windows, and truly unbreakable glass.
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All of it can be done with a simple, two-way speaker system, touch screens, or even a display built into the wall.
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About one fourth of Kansas' 105 counties still use paperless touch screen machines, including Johnson County.
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Hit movies are now playing directly from our touch screens!
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Operators can get a full diagnostic check from the touch screen, schedule services, and get reminders for routine maintenance.
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At the Encryption challenge, large horizontal touch screens, which look like naval charting tables, test your ability to grasp ciphers quickly.
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All new features will make your life easier—and isn’t that what Instant Pot is all about? Plus, the touch screen.
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Some parts of a computer — for example, the Apple touch screen — are proprietary and cannot be recycled.
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First Known Use of touch screen
1974
TOUCH SCREEN Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of touch screen for English Language Learners
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computers : a type of screen on a computer which shows options that you can choose by touching the screen
TOUCH SCREEN Defined for Kids
touch screen
Definition of touch screen for Students
: a display screen (as for a computer) on which the user selects options by touching the screen
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