A VGA socket is a blue port on a computer used to connect it to a video display device. It was once the standard for computer video connections and can display 800×600 resolution and 256 colors. Despite newer standards, VGA sockets remain in use for reliable connections.
A VGA socket is a port on a computer, usually found on a motherboard or a video card on a motherboard, used to connect that computer to a video display device. While VGA technology was once the standard for computer video connections, limitations in image quality have led to the development of a number of other standards that continue to use physical VGA connections into the 21st century. A VGA socket is usually blue in color and has 15 connection ports into which 15 pins are inserted when a VGA cable is used to connect a computer to a monitor.
Video Graphics Array (VGA) was once a standard for computer graphics displays and referred not only to the standard itself, but also to the VGA socket and cable used to connect devices using this standard. There are a number of technological advantages that this standard has over other previous standards for image display quality. VGA standards are capable of displaying a resolution of 800×600, which is low compared to later standards, but higher than older resolutions. It can also display 256 colors, far more than previous standards which often only displayed 64 colors. VGA standards are still used by portable devices and older computers.
The VGA socket, however, is the physical connection used by computers and monitors, which was first established for use with motherboards and video cards that used the VGA standards. Even as standards have improved since the 1990s, the VGA socket remains in use for reliable connections between a computer and a display device. Because a computer can use these standards and this connection to display a VGA image before the operating system on that computer takes over, boot screens for computers are often displayed in 800×600 or 640×480 VGA quality.
A VGA socket is the “female” end of the connection between a display device and a computer’s motherboard or video card. The cable used to connect the two devices is black and has a “male” end with 15 connections, arranged in three rows of five pins. A computer’s VGA socket is colored blue, which allows it to stand out, and has 15 ports for cable pins. This type of cable typically has a screw on both ends of the connections, which can be inserted into the VGA socket housing and tightened to hold the cable securely in place and maintain a strong connection.
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