User Interface of the X Configuration Tool

Corey Burger corey.burger at gmail.com
Wed Jun 6 01:29:52 BST 2007


On 6/5/07, Sebastian Heinlein <glatzor at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, den 31.05.2007, 12:07 -0700 schrieb Corey Burger:
> >
> >  * "Monitor" is a much more common term than "Screen".
>
> Screem is the term used by GNOME: e.g. in screen resolution or screen
> saver.
>
> But I am no native speaker :) So are these just different contexts?
> Multiple monitor setup would be also more common than multiple screen
> setup?

At least in North America, a screen is a thing on a door or something
at a movie theatre, not a box on your desk that is a monitor.

Corey



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