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See also: blänker
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
blank + -er (agent noun suffix)
Noun[edit]
blanker (plural blankers)
- (computing) An early form of screensaver that blanked out the screen display when it was not in use.
- 1987, Howard Bornstein, Under the Apple, page 221:
- These screen blankers prevent phosphor burn on your screen, which is always a danger when you leave the screen on too long.
Etymology 2[edit]
blank + -er (comparative suffix)
Adjective[edit]
blanker
- comparative form of blank: more blank
- 1936, Robert Frost, Desert Places:
- And lonely as it is, that loneliness
Will be more lonely ere it will be less —
A blanker whiteness of benighted snow
With no expression, nothing to express.
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Adjective[edit]
blanker
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