time stampn.
/ˈtʌɪm ˌstamp/, U.S. /ˈtaɪm ˌstæmp/ 1. A stamped mark indicating a time and date, used on posted envelopes, tickets, etc.; an adjustable stamp used to make such a mark. Cf. date stamp n.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > [noun] > devices for > specific
meter1832
time stamp1855
telemeter1877
tape recorder1892
slot-meter1899
motor meter1903
check meter1909
Recordak1928
Thermo-Fax1953
ultramicrofiche1967
ultrafiche1971
electronic tag1980
the world > time > reckoning of time > chronology > [noun] > appending a date to > date affixed > device for
date stamp1818
time stamp1855
1855 in R. Caldwell Gold Era of Victoria xii. 124 The public would do well to observe that all letters posted in the General Post-office bear a distinguishing time stamp, by which the hour at which such letters are posted can be traced.
1892 Work 4 75/3 The time-stamp is altered every minute.
1919 J. W. Schulze Office Admin. xv. 135 The order..and the shipping label are marked with a time stamp, giving the exact time that all parts of the order are to be packed.
1995 New York 6 Mar. 25/2 Neither ferry has a time stamp—did Johnson stamp it himself?
2005 Sydney Morning Herald 21 May 17/8 One print of Revenge of the Sith was leaked a day before the film was even released in cinemas, with a time-stamp that suggested it came from inside the industry.
2. Computing. An item of data giving the time of occurrence of some event, e.g. when a file was created, or when a system was accessed.
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1969 IEEE Spectrum 6 37/1 A measured estimate of system stops and delays can be computed..in the following manner: the number and time stamp of actuations between the end of the green phase, less vehicle passage time, and the end of the red phase, less passage time, are recorded as ‘stops’.
1989 C. Stoll Cuckoo's Egg i. 8 The time stamps didn't agree. One showed activity when the other account said everything was dormant.
1995 Network World 10 July 42/3 The RO-1 is the only product in this group that puts date and time stamps in its log entries, which is a real benefit.
2007 S. Anson & S. Bunting Mastering Windows Network Forensics & Investig. vii. 174 The creation timestamp for a file, when accurate, can tell us when a piece of malware was placed on a system.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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