scoreboard

thumb|right|A scoreboard, during a game between the Detroit Red Wings and the [[Los Angeles Kings on March 9, 2007 at Joe Louis Arena]] thumb|right|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. 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.