What does sauvegarde in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word sauvegarde in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use sauvegarde in French.

The word sauvegarde in French means safeguard, backup, back-up, protection, protect, back up, back up, backup copy, back-up copy, plan to protect , plan to safeguard, safeguard procedure, autosave. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word sauvegarde

safeguard

nom féminin (préservation)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La sauvegarde des forêts est une des priorités des écologistes.
The safeguarding of forests is one of the priorities for environmentalists.

backup, back-up

nom féminin (informatique : copie) (Computing)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Par chance, il avait fait une sauvegarde de son document.
Luckily, he had made a backup of his document.

protection

nom féminin (protection)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La justice assure la sauvegarde du témoin.
The law provides protection for the witness.

protect

verbe transitif (protéger, mettre à l'abri)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Il est important de sauvegarder notre patrimoine. Je rentre les plantes pour les sauvegarder du gel.
It is important to safeguard our heritage.

back up, back up

verbe transitif (Informatique (faire une copie de données) (Computing)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
Je sauvegarde mon travail sur disque dur externe tous les jours.
I back up my work to an external hard drive every day.

backup copy, back-up copy

nom féminin (archivage)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La copie de sauvegarde permet la mise en sécurité des données.

plan to protect , plan to safeguard

nom masculin (programme de prévention)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Un plan de sauvegarde peut concerner des données informatiques à conserver, la protection de l'emploi, la conservation d'un milieu naturel, etc.

safeguard procedure

nom féminin (droit : suspension des dettes)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La procédure de sauvegarde est une des trois procédures collectives.

autosave

nom féminin (enregistrement programmé de données) (computing)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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