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graphics adapter

British

noun

computing (on a computer) the hardware that controls the way graphics appear on the monitor

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Locate your graphics adapter under “Display adapters” and click on it.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 22, 2022

Fortunately, unless you need a really high-end graphics adapter for gaming or design work, you’ll find that putting in a new graphics card can be done for as little as $50.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 12, 2016

If that doesn’t solve the problem, suspicion next falls on the graphics adapter, the display or the connections between them.

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2016

A: The three most likely causes of this problem, in order, are a bad graphics adapter, a corrupt application, or a piece of malware.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2015

If there is no text in the gray rectangle, I’d say it’s even more likely that the problem is with the graphics adapter.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2015

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