The monitor is the main output device for a computer as it displays all of the data that the computer processes and executes in a user friendly way. The refresh rate of a monitor is the amount of pixels that the monitor will display vertically and also horizontally. If the resolution is higher then the amount of detail and the quality of the image is going to be a lot better. The refresh rate refers to the amount oft times that the computers screen is updated every second. And it shows how realistic the monitor is to real time actions and how smooth the screen looks. Colour depth is simply the amount of data /bits that is used to represent each pixel of the image, it also means how vivid and detailed the color of the screen is, as this is quite an important factor to creators.
