time stamp

Recorded moment marker

A time stamp is a recorded date and time marking when something occurred or was created.

Digital files carry time stamps showing when they were made or modified.

Security footage has time stamps running in the corner.

The verb means to mark with such a record: The system time stamps every transaction.

Also spelled timestamp.

verification

authentication

Confirming genuine identity

notarization · blockchain · hash · cryptographic · tamper-proof · audit · trail · witness · legal · evidence

documentation

date

Specific day or outing

  • recordPreserved account or achievement
  • logSectioned tree trunk
  • metadataDescriptive information about content

file · annotation · marker · reference · label · entry · caption · watermark · imprint · notation

digital

video

Recorded moving imagery

playback · YouTube · subtitle · sync · timecode · encoding · multimedia · streaming · clip · footage

postal

postmark

Dated mailing imprint

envelope · letter · dispatch · delivery · sorting · dated · office · indicia

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METADATA vs. CONTENT

time stampcontent

What something contains

payload · substance · body text · body · data

temporal specificity

time stampundated

Lacking temporal marker

timeless · timelessness · date range · atemporal · eternal

DOCUMENTATION vs. ERASURE

time stampdeletion

Removal of content

erasure · anonymization · untraceable · off the record · undocumented

Family

timestamp, timestamps, timestamped, timestamping

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