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recorded state of a computer storage system at a particular point in time
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Summary

snapshot ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (73 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • snapshot's image is recorded as Snapper root list screenshot.png[2].
  • snapshot's subclass of is recorded as artwork copy[3].
  • snapshot's subclass of is recorded as data set[4].
  • snapshot's has use is recorded as backup[5].
  • snapshot's has use is recorded as application checkpointing[6].
  • snapshot's has use is recorded as live migration[7].
  • snapshot's has use is recorded as rollback[8].
  • snapshot's has use is recorded as creation[9].
  • snapshot's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06pg1r[10].
  • snapshot's facet of is recorded as computer storage media[11].
  • snapshot's partially coincident with is recorded as image[12].
  • snapshot's has characteristic is recorded as consistency[13].
  • snapshot's has characteristic is recorded as persistence[14].
  • snapshot's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 55282118[15].
  • snapshot's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C55282118[16].
  • snapshot's Dictionary of Archives Terminology ID is recorded as snapshot[17].

Why It Matters

snapshot ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (73 views/month).[1] snapshot has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] snapshot is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

computer storage media live migration ZFS

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). snapshot. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/snapshot
MLA “snapshot.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/snapshot.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_snapshot_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{snapshot}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/snapshot}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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