SCREEN SAVER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(computer science) a moving design that appears on a computer screen when there has been no input for a specified period of time

Example:

screen savers prevent the damage that occurs when the same areas of light and dark are displayed too long

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("screen saver" is a kind of...):

design; figure; pattern (a decorative or artistic work)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

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