SNAPSHOT

snapshot, snap, shot

(noun) an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera; “my snapshots haven’t been developed yet”; “he tried to get unposed shots of his friends”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

snapshot (plural snapshots)

A photograph, especially one taken quickly or in a moment of opportunity.

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.

(soccer) A quick, unplanned or unexpected shot.

(firearms) A quick offhand shot, made without deliberately taking aim over the sights.

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.

Source: Wiktionary

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Snap"shot`, n.

1. Commonly Snap shot. (a) A quick offhand shot, made without deliberately taking aim over the sights. (b) (Photog.) Act of taking a snapshot (in sense 2).

2. An instantaneous photograph made, usually with a hand camera, without formal posing of, and often without the foreknowledge of, the subject.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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