While it is acceptable because of common usage, the term Video card is
similar to a Video capture card,
which is present and documented on Wikipedia, if you select Wikipedia for your
reference.
I can see no harm (and much profit) from replacing it with a more precise term,
especially because
I also think that 'graphics card' is a better term. I don't watch many
videos on my machine - but I do 3d modeling, rendering ... and other
graphical tasks that make use of my graphics card.
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video card for graphics card
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185919
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I agree, I think video card is an acceptable synonym for graphics card
for most users, and is in fact probably more commonly understood! I'm
closing the bug for that reason - if someone strongly disagrees they can
reopen it.
** Changed in: ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Invalid
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Thanks for reporting this bug.
I've always held video card to be synonymous with graphics card, and
the term is certainly used by the manufacturers of such cards. There is
also a Wikipedia article which supports the use of this term [1].
It is also important to make the distinction between video
