autosave
noun/ˈɔːtəʊˌseɪv/UK/ˈɔtoʊˌseɪv/US
Etymology
Definitions
A software facility that saves an open document (or progress in a game, etc.)…
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.
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.
To save (data) automatically.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for autosave. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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