autosave
verbEtymology From auto- + save.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To save (data) automatically.
autosave
nounUK /ˈɔːtəʊˌseɪv/ · US /ˈɔtoʊˌseɪv/
Etymology From auto- + save.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A software facility that saves an open document (or progress in a game, etc.) periodically to avoid the risk of data loss.
- Thanks to autosave, I was able to recover most of my unsaved thesis after a power cut.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A copy of a file or document saved automatically by such a facility.
- Only the three most recent autosaves are preserved, to save disk space.