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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A software program that displays constantly changing images or dims the brightness of a display screen to protect the screen from having an image etched onto its surface.

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  • noun Alternative spelling of screensaver.

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

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