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Definition: The screen object is used to access the information about the browser that the browser makes availabole to Javascript. This information varies between browsers but typically provides a way to determine the screen resolution, browser window area, and colour depth. This is not a reserved word so you can declare your own variable or function called screen but if you do then you will not be able to access information about the screen.
Examples:
w = screen.width;
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