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plural snapshots
A photograph, especially one taken quickly or in a sudden moment of opportunity. examples
A glimpse of something; a portrayal of something at a moment in time. quotations examples
I hope you've enjoyed reading this series. As usual, it's just a snapshot because there's so much to say but only so many words can make it into print.
2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 70
(computing) A file or set of files captured at a particular time, often capable of being reloaded to restore the earlier state. examples
(soccer) A quick, unplanned or unexpected shot. quotations examples
Yet Revell misjudged his promising position in the area to put his point-blank snapshot wide from only six yards out.
2011 March 2, Chris Whyatt, “Arsenal 5 - 0 Leyton Orient”, in BBC
(firearms) A quick offhand shot, made without deliberately taking aim over the sights. quotations examples
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
third-person singular simple present snapshots, present participle snapshotting, simple past and past participle snapshotted
(transitive) To take a photograph of. quotations examples
As he did not appear disposed to move off, I took my camera and approached within about thirty yards, when I snapshotted him.
1904, David T Hanbury, Sport and Travel in the Northland of Canada
(transitive, computing) To capture the state of, in a snapshot. quotations examples
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