Color Graphics Adapter Definition. And 4 a video graphics adaptor the new ibm standard superior to the ega in. The color graphics adapter cga originally also called the color graphics adapter or ibm color graphics monitor adapter introduced in 1981 was ibm s first color graphics card for the ibm pc and established a de facto computer display standard hardware design.
Abbreviation of color graphics adapter an old graphics system for pcs. 2 a color graphics adaptor cga for low resoultion color. The color graphics adapter cga was the first color graphics card offered up by ibm it was released in 1981 around the same time as the monochrome display adapter mda technology.
Short for color graphics adapter cga was an early ibm video adapter that replaced monochrome and was first introduced in 1981 cga has the highest resolution of 640 x 200 color depth of 4 bit and supports 16 colors 2 4 16.
Even at that maximum resolution pictures look really blocky and out of proportion. Short for color graphics adapter cga was an early ibm video adapter that replaced monochrome and was first introduced in 1981 cga has the highest resolution of 640 x 200 color depth of 4 bit and supports 16 colors 2 4 16. Cga s highest resolution mode is 2 colors at a resolution of 640 by 200 cga has been superseded by vga systems. The card came with 16kb of video memory.
