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plural blankers
(computing) An early form of screensaver that blanked out the screen display when it was not in use. quotations examples
These screen blankers prevent phosphor burn on your screen, which is always a danger when you leave the screen on too long.
1987, Howard Bornstein, Under the Apple, page 221
comparative form of blank: more blank quotations examples
And lonely as it is, that lonelinessWill be more lonely ere it will be less —A blanker whiteness of benighted snowWith no expression, nothing to express.
1936, Robert Frost, Desert Places