screen saver

American  

Also screensaver

noun

Computers.

1. a program that displays a constantly shifting pattern on a screen when the computer is idle, originally used to prevent damage to the screen through continuous display of the same image but now used primarily for decoration.

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Example Sentences

It has the feel of a soothingly looped AI screen saver, a trance-inducing spell where nothing matters so long as your high heels aren’t hurting your feet.

From Los Angeles Times

The screen saver is the flying leopard and the meerkat that I drew, and Ray and I animated.

From Literature

Rosner’s imagery is abstract and often looks like the computer graphics you might choose for a screen saver, but better, brilliantly colored and alive.

From Los Angeles Times

The scoreboard might as well have switched to a screen saver.

From The Wall Street Journal

Someone describes it as like being inside a screen saver.

From Los Angeles Times