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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=1940, New York Times}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * UK: /ˈskriːn.ʃɒt/^(Wiktionary)

+ * US: /ˈskriːn.ʃɑt/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It was formed in English from [[screen]] and [[shot]],^(OED 2026)^(Dictionary.com 2016) the latter in its photographic sense.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In ice hockey, usually written ''screen shot'': a shot at goal taken while the goalkeeper's view is blocked by other players, recorded in the ''New York Times'' in 1940.^(OED 2026)^(Dictionary.com 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The computing sense, a picture of what is displayed on a screen, is recorded in the magazine ''Byte'' in January 1983,^(OED 2026)^(MWU 2024) and Dictionary.com dates it to 1980–85;^(Dictionary.com 2016) Etymonline records it by 1991.^(Etymonline) At first it could mean a photograph of a screen, but it is now usually a digital image captured by the computer itself.^(OED 2026) Collins also records a verb, to take a screenshot of a display.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1940 – (ice hockey) a shot at goal through a screen of players.^(OED 2026)

+ * 1983 – (computing) an image of a screen's contents.^(OED 2026)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[image]] of everything or part of what is shown on a [[computer]] or phone [[screen]] at a given moment: ''She sent me a screenshot of the error message.''^(Collins 2023)^(MWU 2024)^(OED 2026)

+ # (ice hockey) A shot at goal taken while the [[goalkeeper]]'s view is blocked by other players.^(OED 2026)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To take a screenshot of a display.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[screen]]

+ * [[shot]]

+ * [[snapshot]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}