auto save

Progress preservation feature

Auto save is a software feature that automatically saves your work at regular intervals, protecting against data loss from crashes, power failures, or forgotten manual saves.

Most word processors, spreadsheets, and creative applications include auto save: I lost nothing when my laptop died—auto save had my back.

Also written autosave.

Related

undo · ctrl z · restore · cloud · sync · snapshot · version · protection · crash · lost · document · typing · interval · buffer · cache · unsaved · recovery · overwrite

Categories
Opposites
automation vs. manual control

auto savemanual save

Player-triggered progress preservation

save button · save as

data preservation vs. data loss

auto savedata loss

lost work

Family

autosave, autosaves, autosaved, autosaving

Familiarity
Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G