A mesh, made of metal wire, fibreglass, or other synthetic fibre, set in a frame and covering the opening of a window to keep leaves, debris, insects, birds, etc. from entering a building without blocking fresh airflow.

plural of screen saver

(computing, dated) A graphical display shown while a program loads (e.g. from cassette tape), comparable to the splash screen in modern software.

A printing technique in which ink is forced through a woven mesh with an ink-blocking stencil on it.

Alternative form of smokescreen

Wire for the transmission of electricity or electronic signals, protected by an enclosing web of earthed wire mesh to avoid electromagnetic interference from (or to) other signals.

Chroma key, a technique for replacing the studio background of video. Also called blue screen depending on the color of the background. / The display of an IBM 3270 or similar monochrome monitor.

(figuratively) Dividing one's attention between two events unfolding simultaneously.

(uncountable) A display technique that consists of subdividing graphics that appear on a screen into adjacent areas or subwindows. / (countable) An instance of using this technique on a screen display.

A keyboard key; typically, the same key shares the functions of Print Screen and System Request (SysRq). Print Screen prints the screen in some command line systems such as MS-DOS and makes a screenshot in some graphical interface systems such as Windows.