Display technologies

Current:

Filament lamp (indicator lamp)

Vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) (preformed characters, 7 segment, starburst)

Cathode ray tube (CRT) (dot matrix scan, radial scan (e.g. radar), arbitrary scan (e.g. oscilloscope)) (monochrome & colour)

LCD (preformed characters, dot matrix) (passive, TFT) (monochrome, colour)

Neon (individual, 7 segment display)

LED (individual, 7 segment display, starburst display, dot matrix)

Flap indicator (numeric, preprinted messages)

Plasma display (dot matrix)

Obsolete:

Incandescent filament 7 segment display (aka 'Numitron')

Nixie Tube

Dekatron (aka glow transfer tube)

Magic eye tube indicator

Penetron (a 2 colour see-through CRT)

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