Scoreboard

A scoreboard, during a game between the Detroit Red Wings and the Los Angeles Kings on March 9, 2007 at Joe Louis Arena
Royal Military College Paladins bilingual scoreboard, inner field, Royal Military College of Canada

A scoreboard is a large board for publicly displaying the score in a game.[citation needed] Most levels of sport from high school and above use at least one scoreboard for keeping score, measuring time, and displaying statistics. Scoreboards in the past used a mechanical clock and numeral cards to display the score. When a point was made, a person would put the appropriate digits on a hook. Most modern scoreboards use electromechanical or electronic means of displaying the score. In these, digits are often composed of large dot-matrix or seven-segment displays made of incandescent bulbs, light-emitting diodes, or electromechanical flip segments. An official or neutral person will operate the scoreboard, using a control panel.