screen grab

Captured monitor image

A screen grab is an image captured from a computer, phone, or other display—a snapshot of what appears on screen at a particular moment.

The term is interchangeable with screenshot: I took a screen grab of the error message.

Also written as one word: screengrab.

Related
  • captureTake into custody
  • snapshotInformal photograph taken quickly
  • snipSmall quick cut
  • imageVisual or mental likeness
  • copyIdentical reproduction made

clipboard · display · monitor · desktop · window · crop · paste · save as · keyboard shortcut · share · annotate · pixel · recording · frame · overlay · thumbnail · upload · social media

Categories
Opposites
image capture method

screen grabphotograph

Image from a camera

camera shot · live capture · film negative · daguerreotype · Polaroid

temporal nature of media

screen grabscreen recording

Captured display video

video capture · live stream · video · moving image · animation

Family

screen, grab, screens, screened, screening, screener, grabs, grabbed, grabbing

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G