EGA
Proper noun
Meaning
(computer graphics) Initialism of enhanced graphics adapter, an obsolete computer display standard between CGA and VGA, offering sixteen colours on screen from a palette of sixty-four.
(military, US) Initialism of Eagle, Globe, and Anchor.
Ega
A language spoken in Côte d'Ivoire.
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As with Windows 3.x, DOS programs that use EGA or VGA graphics modes run in windowed mode ( CGA and text mode programs can continue to run).
However, most modern algebraic geometry texts starting with Alexander Grothendieck's foundational EGA use the convention in this article.
Subsequent releases of Lotus 1-2-3 supported more video standards as time went on, including EGA, AT&T/Olivetti, and VGA.
The new 64-color The highest-color EGA graphics mode supports 16 colors from a balanced 6-bit palette of 64 colors.
This was to permit the installation of an EGA or VGA video card in an expansion slot.