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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

inverse video en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (dated, uncountable) A display technique whereby background and foreground colours are interchanged, typically used for highlighting.
    • Text to be deleted is shown in inverse video. 1984, Interface age:
    • When I type "/F", I get a menu of possible file actions, the first of which is in inverse video. 1982, Byte:
    • If any of the video buffer's background attribute bits are on, MONO converts the attribute to 70h (inverse video). 1989, PC: The Independent Guide to IBM Personal Computers:

Synonyms

reverse video