screen saver

1. 1.

   (computer science) a moving design that appears on a computer screen when there has been no input for a specified period of time

   “screen savers prevent the damage that occurs when the same areas of light and dark are displayed too long”

   Broaderdesign

   computer science

Questions about screen saver

What does screen saver mean?

screen saver means "(computer science) a moving design that appears on a computer screen when there has been no input for a specified period of time".

Is screen saver a common word?

screen saver is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.