Two different meanings are associated with this term: A technique allowing panning a monitor around a screen running at a larger resolution than the monitor is currently displaying. An effect simulated by a window manager by maintaining window position information in a larger coordinate system than the screen and allowing panning by simply moving the windows in response to the user. display A collection of screens, often involving multiple monitors, generally configured to allow the mouse to move the pointer to any position within them. Linux-based workstations are usually capable of having multiple displays, among which the user can switch with a special keyboard combination such as control-alt-function-key, simultaneously flipping all the monitors from showing the screens of one display to the screens in another. The term "display" should not be confused with the more specialized jargon "Zaphod display". The latter is a rare configuration allowing multiple users of a single computer to each have an independent set of display, mouse, and keyboard, as though they were using separate computers, but at a lower per-seat cost. Release history On the prospect of future versions, the X.org website states: See also Bitstream Speedo Fonts Cairo (graphics) DESQview/X DirectFB General Graphics Interface History of the graphical user interface List of Unix commands Microwindows (Nano-X) rio – the windowing system for Plan 9 SVGALib VirtualGL X/GEM X11 color names Xgl Xmark Notes References James Gettys, Philip L. Karlton, Scott A. McGregor, "The X Window System, Version 11" (PDF), Software: Practice and Experience (10 December 1990) Hania Gajewska, Mark S. Manasse and Joel McCormack, "Why X Is Not Our Ideal Window System" (PDF), Software Practice & Experience vol 20, issue S2 (October 1990) Linda Mui and Eric Pearce, X Window System Volume 8: X Window System Administrator's Guide for X11 Release 4 and Release 5, 3rd edition (O'Reilly and Associates, July 1993; softcover ) The X-Windows Disaster (UNIX-HATERS Handbook) Robert W. Scheifler and James Gettys: X Window System: Core and extension protocols: X version 11, releases 6 and 6.1, Digital Press 1996, The Evolution of the X Server Architecture (Keith Packard, 1999) The means to an X for Linux: an interview with David Dawes from XFree86.org (Matthew Arnison, CAT TV, June 1999) Lessons Learned about Open Source (Jim Gettys, USENIX 2000 talk on the history of X) On the Thesis that X is Big/Bloated/Obsolete and Should Be Replaced (Christopher B. Browne) Open Source Desktop