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snapshot
English
Etymology
snap +? shot
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /snæp.??t/
Noun
snapshot (plural snapshots)
- A photograph, especially one taken quickly or in a moment of opportunity.
- He carried a snapshot of his daughter.
- A glimpse of something; a portrayal of something at a moment in time.
- (computing) A file or set of files captured at a particular time, often capable of being reloaded to restore the earlier state.
- This game is so hard that I find myself taking a snapshot every few seconds in case I get killed.
- (soccer) A quick, unplanned or unexpected shot.
- (firearms) A quick offhand shot, made without deliberately taking aim over the sights.
- 1892, Stanley Waterloo, A Man and a Woman
- How quick the eye and hand to catch him [the ruffed grouse] when he rises from the underbrush and is out of sight in the wood before the untrained sportsman stops him with what is little more than a snapshot, so instantaneously must all be done!
- 1892, Stanley Waterloo, A Man and a Woman
Derived terms
- Snapchat
Translations
Verb
snapshot (third-person singular simple present snapshots, present participle snapshotting, simple past and past participle snapshotted)
- (transitive) To take a photograph of.
- (transitive, computing) To capture the state of, in a snapshot.
- 2007, David E. Irwin, An Operating System Architecture for Networked Server Infrastructure (page 30)
- Filer appliances also offer programmatic snapshotting and cloning at the block-level or file system-level.
- 2007, David E. Irwin, An Operating System Architecture for Networked Server Infrastructure (page 30)
Translations
References
- “snapshot”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
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backup
English
Alternative forms
- back-up
Etymology
back +? up
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bæk??p/
Noun
backup (plural backups)
- A reserve or substitute.
- If the goalkeeper is injured, we have a backup.
- (computing) A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover the original if it is destroyed or damaged.
- After the power failure, we had to restore the database from backup.
- An accumulation of material caused by a (partial) obstruction or (complete) blockage of the flow or movement of the material, or an accumulation of material that causes an overflow due to the flow being greater than the maximum possible flow.
- The accident caused a mile-long backup on the highway.
- The blockage caused a backup in the plumbing.
- (law enforcement) reinforcements
- He's got a gun! You'd better send for backup.
Synonyms
- (reserve): reserve, stand-in, spare, substitute
- (computing: copy of a file or record):
- (accumulation of material caused by an obstruction of flow): tailback, line (of cars)
Descendants
Translations
Adjective
backup (not comparable)
- Standby, reserve or extra.
- I am only a backup player.
- (computing) That is intended as a backup.
- Make a backup copy of that file.
- Supporting, reinforcing; (music) of or related to accompaniment
Usage notes
Back-up is an alternative spelling of backup. Both spellings are used as either a noun or an adjective. The verb back up is always spelled as two words and never with a hyphen.
Synonyms
- (reserve): extra, reserve, spare, standby
- (supporting): backing
Translations
Verb
backup (third-person singular simple present backups, present participle backupping, simple past and past participle backupped)
- Misspelling of back up.
Anagrams
- upback
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English backup.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /be?kap/, /?b?.kap/
Noun
backup m (invariable)
- (computing) backup
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- becape
Etymology
Borrowed from English backup.
Noun
backup m (plural backups)
- (computing) backup (copy of file or record)
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