| Subject | English | German |
| comp. | display adapter | Display-Adapter |
| microel. | display adapter | Anzeigeadapter |
| gen. | display adapter | Grafikkarte |
| comp., MS | display adapter | Grafikkarte (The electronic components that generate the video signal sent through a cable to a video display. The video adapter is usually located on the computer's main system board or on an expansion board, but it is sometimes built into the terminal) |
| tech. | display adapter | Anschluss fuer optische Anzeige |
| comp. | display adapter | Anzeige-Adapter |
| comp., MS | monochrome display adapter | Monochrome Display Adapter (The video adapter introduced with the earliest model of the IBM PC in 1981. MDA was capable of only one video mode: a character mode with 25 lines of 80 characters each, with underlining, blinking, and high-intensity characters. IBM did not use the name Monochrome Display Adapter or the acronym MDA) |