salvestatud

Salvestatud is an Estonian term meaning “saved” or “recorded.” It is a form derived from the verb salvestama, which covers the senses of saving, storing, and recording. The word functions as a past passive participle and is commonly used as an adjective or predicate, indicating that something has been stored or documented in a persistent form.

In everyday Estonian, salvestatud appears in both technological and non-technical contexts. In information technology and data management, it is used to indicate that data, files, or changes have been securely saved. Examples include phrases like “Fail on salvestatud” (The file has been saved) or “Andmed on salvestatud” (The data have been recorded). It also appears in user interfaces as a status label for completed save operations.

The term extends to media and archiving contexts as well. A recording such as audio or video can be described as salvestatud, and a transcript or other documentary material may be referred to as a salvestus or salvestatud koopia (a saved copy). In these senses, salvestatud helps distinguish preserved content from drafts, deletions, or unsaved work.

Linguistic notes: salvestatud is the past passive participle form, while related words include salvestama (to save/record), salvestus (a recording or saving process), and salvestuskoopia (a saved copy). In everyday speech, past tense forms like salvestasin (I saved) are used to denote completed actions. The term is standard in Estonian IT language and general discourse about stored or recorded material.