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Meaning of "screensaver" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SCREENSAVER

screensaver  [ˈskriːnseɪvər] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCREENSAVER

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pronoun
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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Screensaver is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SCREENSAVER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Screensaver

A screensaver is a computer program that blanks the screen or fills it with moving images or patterns when the computer is not in use. Initially designed to prevent phosphor burn-in on CRT and plasma computer monitors, screensavers are now used primarily for entertainment, security or to display system status information. Decades before the first computers utilizing this technology were invented, Robert A. Heinlein gave an example of how they might be used in his novel Stranger In A Strange Land. Many modern television operating systems, media players and other entertainment systems have a form of screensaver integrated. Most simply display a logo moving around the screen. Some screensavers also offer additional functions like automated workstation password protection during inactivity user or disk scan with installed antivirus.

Definition of screensaver in the English dictionary

The definition of screensaver in the dictionary is a computer program that reduces screen damage resulting from an unchanging display when a computer is switched on but not in use by blanking the screen or generating moving patterns, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCREENSAVER


siver
ˈsaɪvər
syver
ˈsaɪvər

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCREENSAVER

screen trading
screen wash
screen washer
screen-printed
screenable
screenager
screencraft
screener
screenful
screenie
screening
screening room
screening test
screenings
screenland
screenlike
screenplay
screenshot
screenwriter
screenwriting

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCREENSAVER

aver
beaver
cadaver
cleaver
engraver
face-saver
graver
haver
laver
life-saver
misaver
paver
raver
reaver
saver
shaver
supersaver
time-saver
waver
weaver

Synonyms and antonyms of screensaver in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «screensaver» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCREENSAVER

Find out the translation of screensaver to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of screensaver from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «screensaver» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

屏幕保护程序
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

protector de pantalla
570 millions of speakers

English

screensaver
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्क्रीनसेवर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شَاشَةٌ تَوَقُّف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

экранная заставка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

screensaver
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্ক্রিন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

économiseur d’écran
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

gambar skrin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bildschirmschoner
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スクリーンセーバー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

화면 보호기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Screensaver
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chương trình bảo vệ màn hình
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

திரைக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्क्रीनसेवर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ekran koruyucusu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

salvaschermo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wygaszacz ekranu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

заставка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

protecție ecran
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προφύλαξη οθόνης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

screensaver
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skärmsläckare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skjermbeskytter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of screensaver

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCREENSAVER»

The term «screensaver» is very widely used and occupies the 20.968 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCREENSAVER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about screensaver

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCREENSAVER»

Discover the use of screensaver in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to screensaver and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Windows 7 Annoyances: Tips, Secrets, and Solutions
Make a screensaver multiscreen friendly A screensaver is basically just an application that runs full screen and quits when you move your mouse. Some screensavers work fine with multiple monitors, such as Bubbles (which comes with ...
David A. Karp, 2010
2
Guide to Assembly Language Programming in Linux
Screensaver Preferences (XScreenSaver 4. IS, 14-Aug-20M) Display Modes Advanced ! Mode: Blank Screen Only Blank Screen Anemotaxis Anl Antinspect AntSporlight Apollonian App)e2 Atlantis lion (balls) Blank After 10 'vjminutes £ ycle ...
Sivarama P. Dandamudi, 2005
3
Mastering Mac OS X
The Screen Saver tab enables you to set options for Mac OS X's built-in screensaver. In theory, a screensaver prevents a monitor from burning in a particular screen image that appears on the screen for too long. (You may have seen the effect ...
Todd Stauffer, Kirk McElhearn, 2006
4
iPod and iTunes Hacks: Tips and Tools for Ripping, Mixing ...
Hack #67 Using ScriptSaver, you can replace that boring default Apple screensaver with the fanciful iTunes visualizer. The visualizer included with iTunes just begs to be used as a screensaver. This hack uses a little AppleScript magic and a ...
Hadley Stern, 2004
5
Ubuntu for Non-geeks: A Pain-free, Project-based, ...
Choosing. a. Screensaver. Screensavers used to be a must-have (and must-use) item for computer users who wanted to prevent damage (burn-in) to their monitors. Video display technology, however, has now advanced to the point where ...
Rickford Grant, 2008
6
Windows 7: The Definitive Guide: The Essential Resource for ...
(Other) If you've installed a screensaver program on your computer, you'll typically see options for the additional screensavers this program provides. Be careful with some of these, as they can require a substantial amount of system re-  ...
William R. Stanek, 2009
7
Ubuntu Linux Bible: Featuring Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
You can select a specific screensaver for your system to use (there are hundreds) , configure the period of time after which a screensaver is activated, or disable the screensaver on your system entirely. All of these are done through the System ...
William von Hagen, 2010
8
Linux for Non-geeks: A Hands-on, Project-based, Take-it-slow ...
Choosing. a. Screensaver. Used to be that screensavers were a must-have (and must-use) item for computer users so as to prevent damage (burn-in) to your monitor. Video display technology, however, has now advanced to the point that  ...
Rickford Grant, 2004
9
.NET Framework Solutions: In Search of the Lost Win32 API
The screensaver also relies on messages to perform various tasks. For example, you can create an application that outputs a message to the screensaver and tells it to start hiding the screen. While the .NET Framework provides access to the ...
John Paul Mueller, 2006
10
Windows 7: The Definitive Guide
Choosing and Configuring Your Screensaver Screensavers turn on when a computer has been idle for a specified period. Originally, screensavers were designed to prevent image burn-in on CRT monitors by displaying a continually changing ...
William Stanek, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCREENSAVER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term screensaver is used in the context of the following news items.
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Are screensavers still needed, or just an artifact of the past?
When was the last time you thought about your desktop screensaver? If those flashy images and graphics don't seem as important these days, well – that's ... «Digital Trends, Jul 15»
2
Wilson's art to be used as screensaver statewide
More than 100 Maine students submitted images to be considered in this year's MLTI Screensaver Contest and an independent panel of three judges selected ... «Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel, May 15»
3
siggi eggertsson on his kaleidoscopic screen saver project
'saver screensson' by siggi eggertsson and developer hjalti jakobsson is a screensaver for mac OS X that works by randomly choosing stencil images in a ... «Designboom, Feb 15»
4
Think Retro: Bring back the Flying Toasters
Sure, today's computers still have screensavers, but they're usually merely decorative (one notable exception being the screensaver I use, BOINC), and no ... «Macworld, Feb 15»
5
Prolific jewellery thief caught after leaving mobile phone with 'selfie …
Police identified the New York-native, whose father is American and his mother from the Ivory Coast, from the 'selfie' pic on the screensaver of the phone he left ... «Mirror.co.uk, Nov 14»
6
Amazon blames screensaver bug, not 'ASAP' feature, for Fire TV …
“There is a small possibility if a customer uses the 'mosaic' feature—not the default setting—on the screensaver, images will not be cached,” Pearsall said. «VentureBeat, Jul 14»
7
Jewelry thief leaves cell phone behind, with selfie as screensaver
And the cell phone, according to the Galveston Daily News, has a selfie photo as its screensaver. Schmuck almost got away with it, too, huh? Germain Ibrahim ... «Death and Taxes, May 14»
8
Thief left behind phone with his picture as a screensaver during …
comments. A suspected thief is being hunted by police after abandoning his phone - complete with selfie screensaver - at the scene of a jewellery shop raid. «Daily Mail, May 14»
9
HAL 9000 Screensaver Now Available For Mac OS X Mavericks …
The Hall 9000 screensaver project has been available for a number of years and is also available on PC with both a basic and advanced screensaver edition ... «Geeky gadgets, Feb 14»
10
Add An iOS 7-Style Lock Screen To Your Mac Using This OS X …
Are you a fan of the iOS 7 Lock screen? If so, consider downloading a brand new OS X screensaver, which promises to offer an iOS 7 Lock screen experience ... «AppAdvice, Jan 14»

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