A display assembly for a portable terminal for inhibiting the penetration of foreign matter from an exterior environment into the interior of the portable terminal. The display assembly includes a display for mounting in an open faced compartment enclosed by a bottom/top cover plate, the display having a bottom surface, a plurality of side surfaces, and a top surface for interaction with a user of the portable terminal. The compartment of the enclosure of the display assembly has an interior bottom/top surface and a plurality of interior side surfaces. A resilient seal component of the display assembly is positioned between the display and the compartment, the seal component including a body including a base portion connected to a top portion by a plurality of side portions for defining an interior channel for engaging the sides of the display, once received therein. A top portion of the seal component is adapted for overlapping a portion of the top surface of the display and the base portion for overlapping at least a portion of the bottom surface of the display. The body has the exterior surface for positioning adjacent to the interior surfaces of the compartment and the interior surface of the channel for positioning adjacent to the top surface and the bottom surface and the plurality of side surfaces of the display. The seal body has a first sealing rib positioned on either the exterior surface or the interior surface of the seal body, the first sealing rib being integral, for example, with the seal body and projecting from the respective exterior or interior surface. The first sealing rib when positioned on the interior surface is for inhibiting the penetration of the foreign matter between the display and the first sealing rib and the first sealing rib when positioned on the exterior surface is for inhibiting the penetration of the foreign matter between the compartment and the first sealing rib.