Snapshots

Snapshot or snap shot may refer to:

  • Snapshot (photography), an amateur photograph
  • Snapshot, a 1979 Australian film directed by Simon Wincer
  • Snapshot, a novel by Garry Disher
  • SNAPSHOT, a United States program that launched the SNAP-10A nuclear reactor powered satellite
  • snap shot (ice hockey), a fast shot made by snapping the wrists

In computing, a snapshot is generally the capture of an object's state at a specific moment in time. Several snapshotting techniques exists:

  • Snapshot algorithm, a computer algorithm that copies a self-consistent image of the entire network to stable storage
  • Snapshot (computer storage), a set of computer files and directories kept in storage as they were some time in the past
  • Snapshot (file format), a file format for a "snapshot" of a chart or report from Microsoft Access
  • A view of a source code repository as it was at a particular time for the purpose of revision control in software development
  • Snapshot, a module of the Laserfiche product which creates and stores an image of an electronic file

In music:

  • "Snapshot" (song), a single by American drag performer RuPaul
  • Snapshot (Daryl Braithwaite album), an album by Australian musician Daryl Braithwaite
  • Snapshot (Sylvia album), an album by American country music singer Sylvia
  • Snapshot (Mission of Burma album)
  • Snapshot (Roger Glover album), an album by English musician Roger Glover
  • Snapshot, an album by Canadian band Knacker
  • Snapshots (Eleanor McEvoy album), an album by Eleanor McEvoy
  • Snapshots (Kim Wilde album), a covers album by Kim Wilde