screen saver

screen saver

n.

A software program that displays constantly changing images or dims the brightness of a display screen to protect the screen from having an image etched onto its surface.

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screen′ sav`er

n.

Computers. a program that displays a constantly shifting pattern on a display screen, used to prevent damage to the screen through continuous display of the same image.

[1985–90]

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Noun

1.

screen saver - (computer science) a moving design that appears on a computer screen when there has been no input for a specified period of time; "screen savers prevent the damage that occurs when the same areas of light and dark are displayed too long" pattern, design, figure - a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors" computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures

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économiseur