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by roydivision 1913 days ago
Slight tangent, I find it interesting how a lot of (non technical) people these days refer to their desktop background images as "screen savers". I am of a generation that remember when screen saver programs were widely used to prevent monitor burn in. I'm guessing that the term has persisted without the understanding of what it actually means because screen saver programs are rarely used any more, power saving features have taken over.