snapshot

n. a quick photograph, usually taken with a small camera and without much planning.

n. an informal photograph taken quickly, typically with a handheld camera and without professional staging.

“She showed me a few snapshots of her family at the beach.”

“The album was filled with candid snapshots that captured the spontaneous joy of the wedding reception better than the posed portraits.”

n. a short description or piece of information that shows what a situation is like at a specific time.

n. a brief but representative summary or portrayal of a situation at a particular moment in time.

“The report provides a snapshot of the country's economy right now.”

“The documentary offers a fascinating snapshot of Berlin in the 1920s, highlighting the cultural tensions of the era.”

n. a saved record of the state of a computer system or database at a specific moment.

n. the state of a system at a particular point in time, preserved as a self-contained unit for backup or versioning purposes.

“I took a snapshot of the virtual machine before installing the new software.”

“The database administrator scheduled a snapshot every hour to ensure that data could be recovered quickly in the event of a system failure.”

Technical

v. to record the state of something at a specific moment, especially in a computer system.

v. to capture or record the status or configuration of a system or entity at a discrete point in time.

“The system will snapshot the current settings before the update begins.”

“By snapshotting the environment before each deployment, the team ensured they could roll back to a stable configuration if the new code failed.”

Technical