(1) (noun) A picture; graphic; photo. See
graphics.
(2) (verb) To capture a scene (see
imaging).
(3) A RAM or storage snapshot (see
system image).
The First Commercial Photographic Method
Daguerreotype film was a highly polished silver surface on a copper plate exposed to iodine fumes to make it light sensitive. Invented by Louis Jacques Daguerre, from the 1840s to the 1850s, daguerroeotype images were a favorite of the rich and famous.