autosave

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun 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.

2. noun 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.

3. verb To save (data) automatically.

Similar words

auto-save save state savepoint savefile save point backup snapshot autobackup saved game timesaver

Often followed by

feature vault command on add dialog file option is

Word family

autosaved autosaves autosaving