sauvegardé

Sauvegardé is the past participle of the French verb sauvegarder, meaning saved, stored, or backed up. In usage, it functions as an adjective and agrees with the noun it modifies, for example un fichier sauvegardé or des données sauvegardées, indicating that the item has been preserved or recorded.

The verb sauvegarder comes from sauver (to save, to rescue) and garde (guard). The related noun sauvegarde refers to the act or result of saving or preserving, such as a backup or safeguard. Thus sauvegardé shares a common root with terms used for data protection, archiving, and restoration.

In computing and digital contexts, sauvegardé is commonly seen in user interfaces and logs to denote a successful save operation. Phrases like Fichier sauvegardé, Modifications sauvegardées, or Données sauvegardées appear to indicate that changes have been stored. The opposite state is described with non sauvegardé or non sauvegardées, meaning the data has not yet been saved. Automatisation and versioning features may describe files as sauvegardés automatiquement or sauvegarde automatique.

Beyond computing, sauvegardé can describe preserved physical or informational items, such as documents sauvegardés for archival purposes or data sauvegardées in a database. While the term is primarily used in French-language contexts, its root appears in social and technical discussions about data integrity and safeguarding information. See also sauvegarde for the noun form referring to a backup or safeguard.