dot matrix

American  

noun

Computers.

1. a method of forming characters and graphics, used by CRTs and other screens, some printers dot-matrixprinters, and some plotters, by creating the desired pattern using dots from a dense matrix.

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Etymology

Origin of dot matrix

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

Some additions to the hardware include a dedicated media playback cluster, a hot-swap PCB for easy changing of switches, and its namesake dot matrix LED light panel.

From The Verge • Feb. 16, 2022

The man took Andrea Cincotta’s computer and her dot matrix printer, loaded them into his truck and then resumed working on the apartment building’s mailboxes.

From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2021

The setting is more or less contemporary, but in certain technological respects resembles the early 1980s; the phones are all landlines, the printers are dot matrix, there are floppy discs.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2018

We had a dot matrix printer that took half an hour to print a single script – and it was state of the art.

From The Guardian • Jan. 17, 2017

Open boxes contain stacks of paper from old dot matrix printers, detailing the expenses and income of the Martin-Gale Mortgage Corp.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green