Screenshot

Quick meaning: Screenshot is a noun meaning (computing) An image of computer or smartphone screen output at a given moment in time.

Meaning

(computing) An image of computer or smartphone screen output at a given moment in time.

More Meanings

1. (computing, transitive) To take a screenshot of something.

Example Sentences

I grabbed a screenshot of my desktop.

To help to improve the software, make sure to screenshot any bugs you find.

Northern has made it harder for fraudsters to cheat checks on barcode season tickets. The operator has made it impossible for people to screenshot tickets from within the Northern app and then share the tickets for others to use.

It was one of the funnier, somewhat surprising screw-ups we’d seen from Gemini, which like all publicly available artificial intelligence tools is prone to what the tech industry calls “hallucinations.” He screenshot the answer so that we could have a laugh about it, and then scrolled down to find the first non-sponsored, non-AI search result: an entry from one of the most reliable places on the internet, Wikipedia.

Word Forms

• screenshots
• screenshotting
• screenshotted

Synonyms for screenshot

Depending on context, synonyms include screencast, screengrab, screenie, screencap.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pickup, image, picture, display, screen, capture.

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