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"Snapshot" also implies that Google search results are likely to get a lot more visual. The tone of the article made me feel that. Does a 'snapshot' imply image

• ForHackernews 12y ago
  > Does a 'snapshot' imply imagery in U.S. English? Not necessarily. For instance, I would talk about a "database snapshot", meaning a "backup of a database at a particular moment in time". Obviously the word "snapshot" originates from photography, but to me, the connotation is much more "capture an exact copy at a moment" than "make an image".
  • stan_rogers 12y ago
    (Unnecessary pedantry ahead.) Actually, it originates in hunting (fowling) and meant an opportunity shot taken without time to set up or consciously aim, relying on reaction time and trained instinct. In photography, it was a pejorative term applied to amateur photographs taken with essentially the same amount of thought and planning by people who owned those new Kodak gizmos that Mr. Eastman made, and it's pretty much retained that meaning.
    • ForHackernews 12y ago
      Interesting: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=snapshot http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=snapshot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv7atRAoU9s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv7atRAoU9s