what is meant by screensaver and how do you get one?

Answer 1

A screensaver is a program that protects your crt tube (glass picture tube such as the one in a tv set) from getting what is called phosphor burn, I.E. on a regular tv set the color is always changing, on a crt monitor you may leave your screen on for long periods and all it does is show the desktop. This will cause an image of your desktop to burn on the screen coating. A screen saver is timed to come on and provides a motion or image that varies. A screen saver is only needed on a crt type of monitor. Screen burn doesnt happen on other types.

Answer 2

When there is absolutely no movement on a screen (like a TV) the image that is displayed for really long periods of time gets burned into the screen so that theres always an outline of the image on the screen. it ruins computer monitors and TVs. a screensaver is to save computers from being left with the desktop on for long periods of time burning the image into the monitor. screensavers are usually just moving pictures or something that just moves in general to keep the screen from having the same image burning into it. all computers i know of already have screensavers on them. if you have Windows just right click your mouse on the background and select properties then from the tab on top hit screensavers. then select one.

Answer 3

A screensaver is a program that shows something on the screen for the purpose of preventing "screen burn". Screen burn is when the exact same thing is shown on the screen and leaves a permanent image on the screen. This is really noticable on pac-man machines because they show the exact same thing for years at a time.

However, nowadays screen savers are just to have something fun on the screen when you are not using it. Try doing a search for screensavers on yahoo. there are literally thousands to choose from.

Answer 4

go to a "free screensavers" site...just type that in