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Line 1: {{short description\|Digital image used as a decorative background on a computer desktop}} [[File:Computer monitor screen image simulated.jpg\|thumb\|A computer screen showing a background wallpaper photo of the [[Palace of Versailles]]]] A '''wallpaper''' or '''background''' (also known as a ~~'''screensaver''',~~ '''desktop background''', '''desktop picture''' or '''desktop image''' on computers) is a digital image (photo, drawing etc.) used as a decorative background of a [[graphical user interface]] on the screen of a [[computer]], [[smartphone]] or other electronic device. On a computer, wallpapers are generally used on the [[desktop metaphor\|desktop]], while on a [[mobile phone]] they serve as the background for the ''home screen''. Though most devices come with a default background image, modern devices usually allow users to manually change the background image. The term "[[wallpaper]]" was used in [[Microsoft Windows]] before [[Windows XP]] (where it is called the "desktop background"), while [[macOS]] refers to it as "desktop picture". On older systems which allowed small repeated patterns to be set as background images, the term '''desktop pattern''' was used.

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