VGA is a short way of naming an old standard for computer screens and the pictures they show. It comes from the first letters of Video Graphics Array.

VGA is a short way of namingVGA 是一種簡稱，an old standard for computer screens and the pictures they show用來稱呼一種舊的電腦螢幕標準，還有螢幕顯示出來的畫面。It comes from它是取自 the first letters of Video Graphics ArrayVideo Graphics Array（視訊圖形陣列）這幾個字的字首。

When people first used it in the late 1980s, it meant a screen that could show many colours at once and looked clear and sharp for that time. So in older books and dictionaries you will read that VGA means "good quality colour graphics" — and that was true then.

When people first used it in the late 1980s在 1980 年代末剛開始用這個詞的時候，it meant a screen that could show many colours at once它指的是一種能同時顯示很多顏色的螢幕，and looked clear and sharp for that time在當時看起來也很清楚銳利。So in older books and dictionaries所以在比較舊的書和字典裡，you will read that VGA means "good quality colour graphics"你會看到 VGA 的意思是「品質好的彩色畫面」——and that was true then這在當時確實是真的。

Today it is the opposite. Screens now are far better, so when someone says "only VGA" they usually mean small, old, low quality. The number people attach to it is 640 x 480, which is a very small picture now.

Today今天 it is the opposite卻正好相反。Screens now are far better現在的螢幕好太多了，so when someone says "only VGA"所以有人說「只有 VGA」的時候，they usually mean small, old, low quality通常是說畫面小、舊、畫質差。The number people attach to it is 640 x 480大家講到它會提到的數字是 640 x 480，which is a very small picture now這在現在是很小的畫面。

There is a second and more common use today: VGA is the name of the plug and cable that carries the picture from a computer to a screen or a projector. It is the blue plug with 15 small holes, often with two screws at the sides. In a Taiwanese classroom or office, if someone says "Do you have a VGA cable?" or "Is this a VGA port?", that is what they mean — the connector, not the colour quality.

There is a second and more common use today現在還有第二種更常見的用法：VGA is the name of the plug and cableVGA 是指那種接頭和連接線，that carries the picture from a computer to a screen or a projector把畫面從電腦傳到螢幕或投影機的。It is the blue plug with 15 small holes它是那種藍色、有 15 個小孔的接頭，often with two screws at the sides兩側通常還有兩顆螺絲。In a Taiwanese classroom or office在台灣的教室或辦公室裡，if someone says "Do you have a VGA cable?" or "Is this a VGA port?"如果有人問「有沒有 VGA 線？」或「這是 VGA 孔嗎？」，that is what they mean講的就是這個——the connector, not the colour quality是接頭，不是畫質。

It is a noun, and it is often used before another noun: a VGA cable, a VGA port, a VGA adapter. You say the three letters one by one, V-G-A. There is no need to know what the letters stand for to use the word; almost nobody says the full name.

It is a noun它是名詞，and it is often used before another noun常常放在另一個名詞前面：a VGA cable, a VGA port, a VGA adapter像 a VGA cable、a VGA port、a VGA adapter 這樣。You say the three letters one by one這三個字母要一個一個唸，V-G-AV-G-A。There is no need to know what the letters stand for to use the word不需要知道這幾個字母代表什麼才能用這個詞，almost nobody says the full name幾乎沒有人會講它的全名。