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OSD (On Screen Display)
The feature that allows an end user to adjust screen performance and parameters of monitors directly through an
Overscan
The practice in which areas without useful video information are scanned outside the visible screen area in order to make maximum use of the screen for display of active video information. This practice is occasionally necessary because some video cards generate a video pattern that is smaller than the visible screen area, resulting in an image that is smaller (and less legible) than it needs to be.
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