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save state

save state is the alternative spelling of savestate.

Meaning of savestate

Noun

savestate (plural savestates)

  1. A file that contains an emulator's or virtualizer's state at the moment it was saved to disk. The file contains the contents of the memory, registers and other pertinent data that allows the user to resume the application from the moment the file was created.

Forms of save state

pluralsave states

Questions about save state

What is save state the alternative spelling of?
Save state is the alternative spelling of savestate.

Words near save state in the dictionary

  1. save someone's bacon
  2. save someone's face
  3. save someone's life
  4. save someone's skin
  5. save something for a rainy day
  6. save state
  7. save states
  8. save the best for last
  9. save the date
  10. save the dates
  11. save the day

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: save state (page history and authors); savestate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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