1795, from capture (n.); in chess, checkers, etc., 1820. Related: Captured; capturing. Earlier verb in this sense was captive (early 15c.).

1540s, from Middle French capture "a taking," from Latin captura "a taking" (especially of animals), from captus (see captive).

/ˈkæptʃɚ/ verb captures; captured; capturing 1 capture /ˈkæptʃɚ/ verb captures; captured; capturing Learner's definition of CAPTURE [+ object] 1  a  : to take and hold (someone) as a prisoner [..]

to take or control.

The water diverted from the boundary sources of an aquifer by lowering the water table or piezometric surface at a particular point in the aquifer.

succeed in representing or expressing something intangible; "capture the essence of Spring"; "capture an idea" the act of forcibly dispossessing an [..]

Encoding content for later transcoding or transrating. The first step in create high-quality, on-demand versions of content previously stored on another physical medium (disc, tape, etc).

to catch someone and hold him by force

Jensens Internet Dictionary a NetWare utility program used to redirect output from a printer port on the workstation to a network printer.

(1) (v.) To save a particular state of a program. The term capture often refers to saving the information currently displayed on a display screen. You can capture the screen to a printer or to a file. [..]

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Process of feeding media material from outside sources into a computer. When capturing media from an outside source it requires special hardware, the video capture card. Special software is needed too, when capturing video of what is displayed on the computer screen.

 The process of digitizing audio and video content from an analog format.  

The act of creating an electronic transaction. Captured transactions are ready for settlement.

The process of lodging a document or digital object into a recordkeeping system and assigning metadata to describe the record and place it in context, thus allowing the appropriate management of the record over time. For certain business activities this functionality may be built into business information systems so that the capture of records is c [..]

The process of securing payments from a payment process after an authorization.

The method of taking a biometric sample from the end user.

The process of acquiring account information from a payment card required for processing. This occurs at the point of sale either by swiping the card through a card reader or by manually entering the information.

An act of capturing. Something that has been captured; a captive.

catch.

Capture is the taking of property by one belligerent from another. To make a good capture of a ship, it must be subdued and taken by an enemy in open war, or by way of reprisals, or by a pirate, and w [..]

The process of copying digital information from the web to a repository for storage and archival purposes.

(n) the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property(n) a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field(n) any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires [..]

To attain an objective, such as reaching a radial of a radio station; See Also: capture criterion; Compare: activate, arm;

Acquiring information, such as an image, with a scanner or digital camera device. CCD Array:

Process of feeding media material from outside sources into a computer. When capturing media from an outside source it requires special hardware, the video capture card. Special software is needed too [..]

Forcible taking of a vessel as prize, or reprisal, in time of war.

Marking and rewarding a naturally occurring behavior, such as sitting or lying down, as the dog is doing it. Once a behavior is captured, marked and rewarded, the dog learns to associate the behavior [..]

Capture is the process of acquiring data for use at some later date, usually by converting an analog signal into a digital one, such as a video capture card converting a TV signal to digital video. A [..]

To attain an objective, such as reaching a radial of a radio station; See Also: capture criterion; Compare: activate, arm;

Elimination of one or more of the opponent's pieces by jumping over them

A capture has taken place when a player has removed all the liberties of the opponents stone or group, taking the stone or group off the board thus capturing it.

(1) (verb) (of a trick) win

A move that, under the rules of chess, causes an enemy Pawn or Piece to be removed from the chessboard. The usual Capturing method is for a Pawn or Piece to land directly on a square occupied by an enemy Pawn or Piece. The exception to this is during En Passant. The King is the only Piece that cannot be Captured.

Moving a piece to a square occupied by an enemy piece, thereby removing the enemy piece from the board, out of play. Once a piece is captured, it may never return to the game.

A process in which a Credit Card sale or return transaction i s submitted for financial settlement.Authorized Credit Card sales must be captured and settled for you to receive the funds

The act of converting the authorization amount into a billable transaction record. Transactions cannot be captured unless previously authorized, and authorizations should not be captured until the goo [..]

The process of collecting funds from a card account once authorisation has taken place.

The process of saving a copy of a message at point of transmission from a  user agent or message transfer agent, to another user agent or message transfer agents.

Receiving and storing transaction data at the processor's host computer, to be submitted later for processing and payment. Card Identification Number/Card Identifier (CID)

The separation of carbon dioxide from other gases before it is emitted to the atmosphere

 Converting an authorized amount into a billable transaction. Transactions cannot be captured unless previously authorized, and the goods or services shipped, or transmitted, to the merchant’s custome [..]

The process of securing payments from a payment process after an authorization.

An action in which an electronic credit card sale transaction is submitted for financial settlement. Authorized credit card sales must be captured and settled in order for a merchant to receive credit [..]

The process of completing a pre-authorised transaction.

Posting. Transaction type in GICC protocol in which a previously telephonically or electronically authorized amount is recorded.

Remote probe that listens and analyzes the network traffic to produce statistics that the datastore will fetch and insert into the central database.