autosave

noun

au·to·save | \ˈȯ-tō-ˌsāv

Definition of autosave

: a function of a computer program (such as a word processor or spreadsheet) that automatically saves an open file at regular intervals

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Turning on the autosave feature on an old version of the Windows 10 OneDrive app would actually turn on KFR automatically, but didn’t always move the files from the user’s PC to the cloud. — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, "Microsoft restarts Windows 10 October 2018 Update, blaming data loss on misdirected folders," 9 Oct. 2018

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