screen saver

noun

: a computer program that usually displays various images on the screen of a computer that is on but not in use

Examples of screen saver in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Enjoy the Tranquility of a Beloved Shrine St. Nicholas is beautiful, but nowhere feels more sacred to the community (or lifted straight from a screen saver of the Greek isles) than St. Michael’s Shrine. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 5 July 2024 But this open-plan apartment is incredibly strange in a postapocalyptic world with a talking air conditioner controlled by a motion detector, a Roomba on a timer, and a desktop computer running the Windows 3D Pipes screen saver. Leah Marilla Thomas, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024 Soon, Hubble images, each more magnificent than the last, became screen savers and desktop wallpaper on the computers of people who had never before found reason to celebrate, however quietly, Earth’s place in the universe. Neil Degrasse Tyson, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2012 And Francine Turner looked at her son’s face on her phone’s screen saver. Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 24 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for screen saver 

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Word History

First Known Use

1981, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of screen saver was in 1981

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“Screen saver.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screen%20saver. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

screen saver

noun
: a computer program that usually displays various images on the screen of a computer that is on but not in use
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