What is a "graphics card"?

What is a "graphics card"?

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A "graphics card" is a card that basically takes care of all the information that gets outputted to your screen. It is like its own processor. A graphics card is like a Graphical Processing Unit, or a GPU. It offloads information that otherwise the CPU would have to handle. The GPU or the graphics card handles that by itself, and basically improves the speed of the computer by taking the load off the CPU.