snapshot program


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snapshot program

[′snap‚shät ‚prō·grəm]
(computer science)
A program that provides dumps of certain portions of memory when certain instructions are executed or when certain conditions are fulfilled.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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