Screen

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Screen may refer to:

Window screen, a wire mesh that covers a window opening
Fire screen, a device to put in front of a fireplace
Windbreak of trees or shrubs
Windshield (windscreen), protects the driver of a vehicle
Folding screen, a piece of decorative furniture
- Byōbu, Japanese decorative folding screens
- Coromandel Screen, Chinese incised lacquer screen
- Irworobongdo, a type of Korean folding screen
Rainscreen, in building construction
Rood screen, a partition in a church which separates the chancel from the nave
Smoke screen, smoke released in order to mask the movement or location of military units

Screening (disambiguation), the process of identifying or selecting members of a population based on one or more selection criteria
Sieve, a mesh used to separate fine particles from coarse ones
Genetic screen, a procedure to identify a particular kind of phenotype
Mechanical screening, a unit operation in materials handling which separates product into multiple grades by particle size

Display device, a cathode ray tube or liquid crystal display (LCD)
Computer monitor or display screen
Touchscreen, a display device that also takes input via embedded pressure sensors
Projection screen, a viewing surface
Television screen

Screen-printing (silk-screening), a method of printing
Big screen, a nickname associated with the motion picture industry
Split screen (filmmaking), a film composition paradigm in which multiple distinct film sequences are shown simultaneously and next to each other

Screen (bridge), a device used in some Bridge that visually separates partners at the table from each other
Screen (sports), when a player obstructs the vision or motion of another player

Screen (journal), a film and television studies journal published by Oxford University Press
Screen (magazine), a weekly entertainment magazine from India
Screenonline, online film and television magazine produced by the British Film Institute

Electronic page, an interface, scene, page, or group of content on an electronic display device
Pat Screen, Louisiana State University football player and Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
The conductive screen around the inner conductor(s) of an electrical cable, usually either foil or braided wire