Noun: snapshot 'snap,shót
- An informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
"my snapshots haven't been developed yet";
- snap [informal], shot
- A quick look at or brief overview of a situation or state of affairs
"The report provided a snapshot of the company's financial health"
- (computing) a record of data or system state at a particular point in time, often used for backup or recovery purposes
"The IT team took a snapshot of the database before implementing the upgrade"
Derived forms: snapshots
Type of: exposure, photo, photograph, pic [informal], piccy [informal], picture
Encyclopedia: Snapshot