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What is "Interlacing" when referring to a computer monitor or display?

What is "Interlacing" when referring to a computer monitor or display?

When referring to a computer monitor or other display, what do you mean by interlace or interlacing?

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Interlacing is a display technique that enables a monitor to provide more resolution inexpensively. With interlacing monitors, the electron guns draw only half the horizontal lines with each pass (for example, all odd lines on one pass and all even lines on the next pass). Because an interlacing monitor refreshes only half the lines at one time, it can display twice as many lines per refresh cycle, giving it greater resolution. Therefore, Interlacing provides the same resolution as non-interlacing, but does it less expensively.