Snapshot
noun
A photograph taken quickly and without careful arrangement.
He took a snapshot of his wife standing next to the Eiffel Tower.
Often appears as...
- take a snapshot
- captured in a snapshot
noun
A brief account or representation of something.
The report provides a snapshot of the current situation in the country.
Often appears as...
- snapshot of the situation
- economic snapshot
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General, Academic
noun
In computing, a snapshot is a copy of the state of a system at a particular point in time.
You can roll back the system to the previous snapshot if the update fails.
Often appears as...
- system snapshot
- disk snapshot
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Technical
noun
A photograph taken quickly and without careful arrangement.
He took a snapshot of his wife standing next to the Eiffel Tower.
Often appears as...
- take a snapshot
- captured in a snapshot
noun
A brief account or representation of something.
The report provides a snapshot of the current situation in the country.
Often appears as...
- snapshot of the situation
- economic snapshot
Usage tips
General, Academic
noun
In computing, a snapshot is a copy of the state of a system at a particular point in time.
You can roll back the system to the previous snapshot if the update fails.
Often appears as...
- system snapshot
- disk snapshot
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Spontaneity
A snapshot often implies a quick, unplanned moment captured without preparation.
She grabbed her camera and snapped a snapshot during the laughter.
Pro Tip 2/3Candidness
Snapshots are usually candid and informal, they capture reality as it is.
His photo album was full of snapshots from the party, nothing posed.
Pro Tip 3/3Imperfection
A snapshot doesn't have to be perfect; the emotion or moment is more important.
The snapshot was blurry, but it beautifully captured the surprise on her face.
Pro Tip 1/3Spontaneity
A snapshot often implies a quick, unplanned moment captured without preparation.
She grabbed her camera and snapped a snapshot during the laughter.
Pro Tip 2/3Candidness
Snapshots are usually candid and informal, they capture reality as it is.
His photo album was full of snapshots from the party, nothing posed.
Pro Tip 3/3Imperfection
A snapshot doesn't have to be perfect; the emotion or moment is more important.
The snapshot was blurry, but it beautifully captured the surprise on her face.
Pro Tip 1/3Spontaneity
A snapshot often implies a quick, unplanned moment captured without preparation.
She grabbed her camera and snapped a snapshot during the laughter.
Pro Tip 2/3Candidness
Snapshots are usually candid and informal, they capture reality as it is.
His photo album was full of snapshots from the party, nothing posed.
Pro Tip 3/3Imperfection
A snapshot doesn't have to be perfect; the emotion or moment is more important.
The snapshot was blurry, but it beautifully captured the surprise on her face.
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Sky Caves of Nepal, Part...
this region is far more complex than just getting a snapshot of different cultures as they live right now in this region and so one of the things that motivated this project one of the major themes that I'm about to address right now is going to be the migration theme that is I'm really concerned about thinking about
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Why do we see illusions?...
Now, it's not that in real life you see blur lines. The point is that it's the stimulus at the back of your eye that has these optic blurs in them, and that's what tells your brain that you're moving. When you move forward, your eyes fixate like cameras, like snapshot cameras,
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Could we create dark...
what each of these particles is, things like photons and electrons. Now, the detectors take snapshots of about a billion of these collisions per second to find signs of extremely rare massive particles. To add to the difficulty, the particles we're looking for may be unstable
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The poet who painted...
a new form of communication at the time. Undoubtedly, the deeply layered artistic expressions in Apollinaire's calligrams are not just a brilliant display of poetic prowess from a master of the form. Each calligram itself is also a snapshot in time, encapsulating the passion,
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How exactly does binary...
The sound in this video is also stored in binary, with the help of a technique called pulse code modulation. Continuous sound waves are digitized by taking "snapshots" of their amplitudes every few milliseconds. These are recorded as numbers in the form of binary strings,
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Do we see reality as it...
all the shapes, objects, colors, and motions that we see. It feels like we're just taking a snapshot of this room the way it is, but in fact, we're constructing everything that we see. We don't construct the whole world at once. We construct what we need in the moment.
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The infamous overpopulati...
for the question they were debating, anyway. As for the question itself, today, their focus on overpopulation represent a snapshot of history. Our understanding of what causes starvation and famine has we have the resources to support a growing human population,
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Crowdsourcing for...
asked people lots of questions now we use more data and they're still contributing to science real papers all the time and we've expanded we're helping other researchers to do their work as well these images come from snapshots Serengeti a project where we
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Leonard Susskind: My...
He said, "Just think of it as a swarm of partons moving real fast." Because they're moving real fast, relativity says the internal motions go very slow. The electron hits it suddenly -- it's like taking a very sudden snapshot of the proton.
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Heat Sensing Pit Vipers...
than a bloodhounds the forked tongue tastes the air in stereo picking up odors for analysis inside the mouth each flick of the tongue creates a scented snapshot with the rat still in the frame
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Sky Caves of Nepal, Part...
this region is far more complex than just getting a snapshot of different cultures as they live right now in this region and so one of the things that motivated this project one of the major themes that I'm about to address right now is going to be the migration theme that is I'm really concerned about thinking about
Video examples
Why do we see illusions?...
Now, it's not that in real life you see blur lines. The point is that it's the stimulus at the back of your eye that has these optic blurs in them, and that's what tells your brain that you're moving. When you move forward, your eyes fixate like cameras, like snapshot cameras,
Video examples
Could we create dark...
what each of these particles is, things like photons and electrons. Now, the detectors take snapshots of about a billion of these collisions per second to find signs of extremely rare massive particles. To add to the difficulty, the particles we're looking for may be unstable
Video examples
The poet who painted...
a new form of communication at the time. Undoubtedly, the deeply layered artistic expressions in Apollinaire's calligrams are not just a brilliant display of poetic prowess from a master of the form. Each calligram itself is also a snapshot in time, encapsulating the passion,
Video examples
How exactly does binary...
The sound in this video is also stored in binary, with the help of a technique called pulse code modulation. Continuous sound waves are digitized by taking "snapshots" of their amplitudes every few milliseconds. These are recorded as numbers in the form of binary strings,
Video examples
Do we see reality as it...
all the shapes, objects, colors, and motions that we see. It feels like we're just taking a snapshot of this room the way it is, but in fact, we're constructing everything that we see. We don't construct the whole world at once. We construct what we need in the moment.
Video examples
The infamous overpopulati...
for the question they were debating, anyway. As for the question itself, today, their focus on overpopulation represent a snapshot of history. Our understanding of what causes starvation and famine has we have the resources to support a growing human population,
Video examples
Crowdsourcing for...
asked people lots of questions now we use more data and they're still contributing to science real papers all the time and we've expanded we're helping other researchers to do their work as well these images come from snapshots Serengeti a project where we
Video examples
Leonard Susskind: My...
He said, "Just think of it as a swarm of partons moving real fast." Because they're moving real fast, relativity says the internal motions go very slow. The electron hits it suddenly -- it's like taking a very sudden snapshot of the proton.
Video examples
Heat Sensing Pit Vipers...
than a bloodhounds the forked tongue tastes the air in stereo picking up odors for analysis inside the mouth each flick of the tongue creates a scented snapshot with the rat still in the frame
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Yo-Yo Ma
American Musician
I really would like to be involved in things and to understand things, and in some ways you've got to be careful what you wish for because I feel very, very blessed to have such an interesting life and to be able to have little snapshots of lives of people from many different parts of the world.
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Steve Lukather
American Musician
I just think that there is something that keeps us together, to keep doing what we're doing. I can't really put my finger on it other than each record is like a little snapshot of my life at that particular moment, the way I play, the way I sound, the way I wrote, the way I sing, I can hear it.
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Jonathan Kozol
American Writer
Amazing Grace' is not a book of interviews or onetime snapshots. It's a memoir of a journey that took me into a place I had never been and took over two years of my life. I don't think the people in this book would have said the things to me that they did if they perceived me as a reporter.
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Lzzy Hale
American Musician
I don't think I'll ever do a record that's just the same song over and over again because I'd like to think about it like it's an album and a snapshot of everything that makes you who you are and where you're at at that time in your life.
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Aesop Rock
American Musician
I've been able to tour because of my music and I've learned a lot about myself while on the road. I think some of the imagery of my writing are snapshots of where I've been and my feelings about the world.
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Sam Hunt
American Musician
I didn't know what to expect, having not been an artist before. From the outside, you only see romantic snapshots of what seems like a great lifestyle, and it is, but it's also grueling.
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Alanis Morissette
Canadian Musician
My greatest achievement is being able to write records that are real snapshots of what's going on in my life. I won't repeat myself for the sake of commerce, or to please other people.
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Tahar Rahim
French Actor
I like films to be pure cinema, but I also like them to provide a snapshot of a family, a society or a character - something that can nourish you as a human being as well as an actor.
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John Grant
American Musician
My music is definitely very personal. The songs are about moments, snapshots of everyday life, and about having one's say, or at least feeling like one has had one's say.
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Samuel Barnett
English Actor
I really admire paintings that look like an actual snapshot - I think that's just extraordinary.
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Yo-Yo Ma
American Musician
I really would like to be involved in things and to understand things, and in some ways you've got to be careful what you wish for because I feel very, very blessed to have such an interesting life and to be able to have little snapshots of lives of people from many different parts of the world.
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Steve Lukather
American Musician
I just think that there is something that keeps us together, to keep doing what we're doing. I can't really put my finger on it other than each record is like a little snapshot of my life at that particular moment, the way I play, the way I sound, the way I wrote, the way I sing, I can hear it.
Quote examples
Jonathan Kozol
American Writer
Amazing Grace' is not a book of interviews or onetime snapshots. It's a memoir of a journey that took me into a place I had never been and took over two years of my life. I don't think the people in this book would have said the things to me that they did if they perceived me as a reporter.
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Lzzy Hale
American Musician
I don't think I'll ever do a record that's just the same song over and over again because I'd like to think about it like it's an album and a snapshot of everything that makes you who you are and where you're at at that time in your life.
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Aesop Rock
American Musician
I've been able to tour because of my music and I've learned a lot about myself while on the road. I think some of the imagery of my writing are snapshots of where I've been and my feelings about the world.
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Sam Hunt
American Musician
I didn't know what to expect, having not been an artist before. From the outside, you only see romantic snapshots of what seems like a great lifestyle, and it is, but it's also grueling.
Quote examples
Alanis Morissette
Canadian Musician
My greatest achievement is being able to write records that are real snapshots of what's going on in my life. I won't repeat myself for the sake of commerce, or to please other people.
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Tahar Rahim
French Actor
I like films to be pure cinema, but I also like them to provide a snapshot of a family, a society or a character - something that can nourish you as a human being as well as an actor.
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John Grant
American Musician
My music is definitely very personal. The songs are about moments, snapshots of everyday life, and about having one's say, or at least feeling like one has had one's say.
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Samuel Barnett
English Actor
I really admire paintings that look like an actual snapshot - I think that's just extraordinary.
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