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DDC
Last modified: Tuesday, March 12, 2002
Short for Display Data Channel, a VESAstandard for communication between a monitor and a video adapter. Using DDC, a monitor can inform the video card about its properties, such as maximum resolution and color depth. The video card can then use this information to ensure that the user is presented with valid options for configuring the display.