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SCREEN SAVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does screen saver mean?
• SCREEN SAVER (noun)
The noun SCREEN SAVER has 1 sense:
1. (computer science) a moving design that appears on a computer screen when there has been no input for a specified period of time
Familiarity information: SCREEN SAVER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
screen savers prevent the damage that occurs when the same areas of light and dark are displayed too long
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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