The Video Graphics Array (VGA) is a display standard introduced by IBM in 1987. It was designed to provide higher resolution and better color quality for computer graphics compared to previous standards. VGA supports a resolution of 640x480 pixels with 16 colors from a palette of 256, making it a significant advancement in visual technology at the time. VGA connectors are typically 15-pin D-subminiature connectors, commonly found on older computer monitors and graphics cards. Although newer standards like SVGA and HDMI have since emerged, VGA remains a foundational technology in the evolution of computer graphics and is still used in some applications today.