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  2. Afterimage - Wikipedia

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    An afterimage is an image that continues to appear in the eyes after a period of exposure to the original image. An afterimage may be a normal phenomenon (physiological afterimage) or may be pathological ( palinopsia ). Illusory palinopsia may be a pathological exaggeration of physiological afterimages. Afterimages occur because photochemical ...

  3. Defective pixel - Wikipedia

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    A defective pixel is a pixel on a liquid crystal display (LCD) that is not functioning properly. The ISO standard ISO 13406-2 distinguishes between three different types of defective pixels, [1] while hardware companies tend to have further distinguishing types. [2] Similar defects can also occur in charge-coupled device (CCD) and CMOS image ...

  4. Closed-eye hallucination - Wikipedia

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    Closed-eye hallucination. Closed-eye hallucinations and closed-eye visualizations ( CEV) are hallucinations that occur when one's eyes are closed or when one is in a darkened room. They should not be confused with phosphenes, perceived light and shapes when pressure is applied to the eye's retina, or some other non-visual external cause ...

  5. Visual field test - Wikipedia

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    95.05. MeSH. D010499. MedlinePlus. 003879. LOINC. 28629-4. A visual field test is an eye examination that can detect dysfunction in central and peripheral vision which may be caused by various medical conditions such as glaucoma, stroke, pituitary disease, brain tumours or other neurological deficits. Visual field testing can be performed ...

  6. Blue–white screen - Wikipedia

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    The blue–white screen is a screening technique that allows for the rapid and convenient detection of recombinant bacteria in vector -based molecular cloning experiments. This method of screening is usually performed using a suitable bacterial strain, but other organisms such as yeast may also be used. DNA of transformation is ligated into a ...

  7. Screen of death - Wikipedia

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    Everything on the screen but the back Apple logo turns white. A Yellow Screen of Death occurs when an ASP.NET web app finds a problem and crashes. [self-published source?] A kernel panic is the Unix equivalent of Microsoft's Blue Screen of Death. It is a routine called when the kernel detects irrecoverable errors in runtime correctness; in ...

  8. Bright-field microscopy - Wikipedia

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    Bright-field microscopy (BF) is the simplest of all the optical microscopy illumination techniques. Sample illumination is transmitted (i.e., illuminated from below and observed from above) white light , and contrast in the sample is caused by attenuation of the transmitted light in dense areas of the sample.

  9. Black screen of death - Wikipedia

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    Windows 10 and Windows 11 also displays a black screen of death due to an unfinished update in addition to the aforementioned causes above; in the former case, the system restarts after the update and the user is presented with the login screen, however after logging in the user is stuck with another black screen instead.