autosave
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editautosave (countable and uncountable, plural autosaves)
- (computing) A software facility that saves an open document 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.
- (computing, countable) 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.
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editsoftware facility
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Verb
editautosave (third-person singular simple present autosaves, present participle autosaving, simple past and past participle autosaved)
- (computing, transitive) To save (data) automatically.