hud
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覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
通常は HUD と大文字で書く heads-up display の頭字語です。航空機・自動車・ゲームで、視線を大きく下げずに速度や照準などを見る表示を指します。heads-up は「顔を上げて前方に注意したまま」という核。on the HUD／a car HUD のように、情報を視野へ重ねる装置として覚えます。
Expand HUD as heads-up display and normally write the abbreviation in capital letters. The phrase heads-up supplies the key image: a pilot or driver keeps looking forward while speed, direction, or warning information appears in the same field of view. In a video game, the HUD similarly shows health, ammunition, maps, or scores without replacing the main scene. Associate HUD with information overlaid where the user is already looking. Common combinations include aircraft HUD, car HUD, game HUD, and information displayed on the HUD.
hud の類義語・関連語
hud の語源・成り立ち Etymology
HUD は20世紀の航空英語 heads-up display の頭字語です。head は古英語 heafod「頭」、display は古フランス語経由ラテン語で「広げて見せる」に由来し、関連語に heading があるので、『顔を下げず前を見たまま表示を見る装置』と分かります。
HUD is an initialism of heads-up display, a term developed in twentieth-century aviation. Heads-up describes maintaining a forward-facing view rather than lowering the head to inspect instruments, while display names the visual presentation of information. Early systems projected flight and targeting data into a pilot’s line of sight. The abbreviation and concept later spread to automobiles, computer games, helmets, and other devices that place information near the user’s normal view.
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