screenshot

or screen shot

[ skreen-shot ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Also called screen cap·ture [kap, -cher],. a copy or image of what is seen on a computer monitor or other screen at a given time:
Save the screenshot as a graphics file.

, screen·shot or screen·shot·ted, screen·shot·ting.

to take a screenshot of:
You can screenshot the error message and send it to me.

screenshot

/ ˈskriːnˌʃɒt /

an image created by copying part or all of the display on a computer screen at a particular moment, for example in order to demonstrate the use of a piece of software

First recorded in 1980–85; screen ( def ) + shot ¹

In the report, IntelCrawler published a screenshot of an email retrieved from a site used by the group.

That Snapchat deceptively told its users that the sender would be notified if a recipient took a screenshot of a snap.

According to that screenshot, McCallum stopped working for Twitter in September after four years and seven months of employment.

Of course, this isn't real; the site is just a screenshot mockup with no links or means to donate.

Of course, I took a quick screenshot of it, as the rest of the conscious general public did, documenting this historic moment.

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