Autosave

//ˈɔtoʊˌseɪv// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A software facility that saves an open document (or progress in a game, etc.) periodically to avoid the risk of data loss. countable, uncountable

    "Thanks to autosave, I was able to recover most of my unsaved thesis after a power cut."

  2. 2
    A copy of a file or document saved automatically by such a facility. countable

    "Only the three most recent autosaves are preserved, to save disk space."

Verb
  1. 1
    To save (data) automatically. transitive

Example

More examples

"To be safe, you should manually save your games even after autosave."

Etymology

From auto- + save.

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