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heads-up display

American

[hedz-uhp] / ˈhɛdzˈʌp /

Also head-up display

noun

Digital Technology.

an electronic display of data from instruments or other sources projected at eye level so that a driver or pilot sees it without looking away from the road or course. HUD
(in a computer game) an electronic display of meters and dials around the screen margins. HUD

Etymology

Origin of heads-up display

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

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"If you're in a demanding driving situation, that would be a bad time for a message to pop up on a screen or a heads-up display," said Ahmad.

From Science Daily • Dec. 7, 2023

His company is about to embark on comprehensive testing of smart contact lens on humans, that will give the wearer a heads-up display that appears to float in front of their eyes.

From BBC • May 19, 2022

There was a website QR code stamped on the package; she blinked at it and the page popped up in her glasses’ heads-up display.

From Slate • Nov. 28, 2020

The officer scans the often worried-looking bystanders, and their body temperatures appear in the helmet’s heads-up display.

From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2020

Then the MMU controls on Beck's heads-up display turned red.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

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