screen saver

American  

Also screensaver

noun

Computers.

• screen savers
  plural

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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Noun Inflected Forms

• screen savers
  plural

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Example Sentences

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screen saver

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2025

Apart from that, the broadcast was watchable, like a handsome screen saver, without being interesting in any of the ways the announcer or producers promised.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2024

Much of his current research uses digital stimuli of nature, such as a screen saver, to test a person’s emotions.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2023

You can buy a third-party screen saver program that offers that feature, along with many other.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 14, 2023

That has been her screen saver for more than a year now.

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor

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