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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 timeplay

  Familiarity information: SCREEN SAVER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SCREEN SAVER (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

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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