what does 'full screen' mean in the computer world?

Question

and how do I display something in 'full screen'. thanks from a computer newbie.

Answer 1

It varies by app. Some apps reserve a "frame" area that includes controls. Some apps take the entire screen resolution area to provide their display (usually subject to proportional aspect constraints - that is, they fill to the maximum width or height of the screen display on whichever dimension allows the "max-ing" without stretching on the relatively smaller dimension).



In windows (clone and related) apps, the button that looks a pair of small, overlapping rectangle at the top, right corner of the frame "maximizes" the window. That close to full-screen, but retains the frame and offer new controls, e.g., the "minimize" control.



True full-screen takes charge of either the top-to-bottom or left-to-right screen aspect (both, if your resolution is proper relative to the app's notion of its "picture" or sometimes in older apps both with stretched aspect in one or the other direction).



In reliable, modern apps, it means stretch to largest dimension while maintaining aspect ratio.

Answer 2

"Full screen" means enlarging the image to fit the screen on which the user is working. To display something in full screen, it all depends on what it is. Sometimes there is an icon provided to make the image full screen; other times, the user will have to search in the menus to find the full screen command.

Answer 3

That means that it puts whatever you are looking at in the biggest possible resolution as possible. Pretty much, it fills the whole monitor screen. In most windows, you can use the maximize thing to put it in full screen. If you are watching some in Windows Media Player, you can try double-clicking in the window to put it full screen.

Answer 4

Full screen usually means that the program thats up the entire screen. To apply something in full screen, it depends on the program, since some programs (such as MS Word and games), their full screen menu is in the options tab,

Answer 5

If you have to buy a complete system from Dell or Toshiba or something like that you could probably get one that will run WoW at acceptable levels for $1000. to run it at full capacity, I'd guess $1500. if you can buy the parts and build it yourself you could probably do it for about $500 not including windows which will be the most expensive part of the build... EverQuest II is a lot more hardware intensive then WoW. (I've played both extensively). The laptop i play EQ2 on is a Toshiba X205 which cost me about $1200 and it runs WoW at max graphics perfectly and runs EQ2 at about 75%. My Desktop cost me about $600 to build myself and it runs both games at full graphics resolution.

Answer 6

Hit F11 to get to Full Screen. To return to Normal Screen, hit F11 again. Full screen will hide your extra toolbars and TaskBar.

Answer 7

It fills the entire screen. If you press F11 while in Internet Explorer (or maybe you were trained correctly and use Firefox - www.firefox.com), you'll go into full screen mode.

Answer 8

Instead of the program occupying a "window", it uses the entire monitor screen, like a tv.

It is used most often with images and powerpoint presentations.

If you choose this, the esc key is usually the way to revert back to windows view.

Answer 9

the page ur on fills p the whole screen

Answer 10

the whole screen