noninterlaced Monitors paint images on a screen by rapidly and repeatedly sweeping their electron guns from top to bottom and left to right across the screen. A noninterlaced display paints every line on the screen each time it scans from top to bottom. Whenever you can, ensure that your monitor and display hardware deliver a screen that's noninterlaced. Interlacing skips every second line on a first pass and fills them in on a second pass. That's acceptable on a TV, but it causes enough flicker to tire your eyes on a computer monitor. Before buying new display hardware, make sure that it runs noninterlaced at the high resolutions and high color depths you want to use. See also: electron gun, interlaced