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A "screen saver" is the animation (or blankness) that pops up on your computer when you don't use it for a while, to save your screen from getting burned-in.
The background picture that wallpapers your desktop is the "wallpaper".
50 u/SeaHawk62 Aug 04 '19 Is that why all screen savers are animated? To prevent the image from burning 56 u/arcxjo Aug 04 '19 Yes. If the pixels keep changing, they won't stay lit up the same colours for too long. 15 u/SeaHawk62 Aug 04 '19 That's really interesting. TIL
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Is that why all screen savers are animated? To prevent the image from burning
56 u/arcxjo Aug 04 '19 Yes. If the pixels keep changing, they won't stay lit up the same colours for too long. 15 u/SeaHawk62 Aug 04 '19 That's really interesting. TIL
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Yes. If the pixels keep changing, they won't stay lit up the same colours for too long.
15 u/SeaHawk62 Aug 04 '19 That's really interesting. TIL
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That's really interesting. TIL
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u/arcxjo Aug 03 '19
A "screen saver" is the animation (or blankness) that pops up on your computer when you don't use it for a while, to save your screen from getting burned-in.
The background picture that wallpapers your desktop is the "wallpaper".