# Viewport

The area of the screen in which the page is drawn.

**Source:** “if a mobile screen has a width of 640px, pages might be rendered with a virtual viewport of 980px, and then it will be shrunk down to fit into the 640px space.” [Viewport (MDN Web Docs)](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/Elements/meta/name/viewport)

See also: [Virtual viewport](/reference/glossary/virtual-viewport).

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Published 2026-10-29. Web page: https://www.mackenziebowes.com/reference/glossary/viewport