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{{Block
|name=Monitor
|image=Iso_Monitor.png
|id=ComputerCraft:CC-Peripheral
|damage-value=2
|is-peripheral=Yes
|peripheral-api=Term (API)
}}
The '''Monitor''' is a block that can display text on its front side. When several screen blocks are placed on the same plane, it will form a single monitor. By default, a monitor has a [[resolution]] of 7 pixels horizontally by 5 pixels horizontally, but this can be increased by using the monitor API and combining monitors (see explanation on the [[resolution]] page). The maximum size of a single monitor is 8 blocks wide and 6 blocks tall, and must be placed to be shaped as a rectangle, else it will separate into multiple parts. It is useful for displaying information at a server spawn, showing a program on the monitor, and even showing the status of an IC2 reactor! (provided you have [[OpenCCSensors]] installed)

==Recipe==
{{Crafting grid
 |A1=stone |B1=stone      |C1=stone
 |A2=stone |B2=glass_pane |C2=stone
 |A3=stone |B3=stone      |C3=stone
 |Output=Monitor
 }}

==Redirecting Programs to a Monitor==
[[File:Computer_w_DiskDrive_w_Monitor.png|frame|428x241px|right|A 2x2 [[Monitor]], connected to a [[Computer]], with a [[Disk Drive]] connected.]]
From the CraftOS shell, type <tt>monitor [top|bottom|left|right|front|back] [a-program-name]</tt>. For example, typing <tt>monitor top hello</tt> would show "Hello world." on the top Monitor.

==Monitor as a Peripheral==
To use a Monitor, you need to either call a method directly using [[peripheral.call]](), or, wrap the monitor using the [[Peripheral_(API)|Peripheral API]]. Wrapped monitors provide all functions listed in the [[Term_(API)|Term API]], with the exception of [[Monitor.setTextScale|monitor.setTextScale(size)]], which is native to monitors only.

For this example, we have a Monitor connected to the top of our [[Computer]]:

 ''-- Immediately invoke a method without wrapping''
 [[peripheral.call]]( "top", "write", "Hello World!" )

 ''-- You can also "wrap" the peripheral side to a variable:''
 local monitor = [[peripheral.wrap]]( "top" )
 [[term.write|monitor.write]]( "Hello World!" )

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