noun Technical meaning of save as (editor, programming, storage) A variant of save that saves the current document in an alternative format. 1
verb save as (Intransitive Verb) (computing) To enter a dialog box where the user can specify a filename, and such that when the filename is specified, an appropriate file will be saved with that name (even if it already has a different name). 0
verb save as (Transitive Verb) (computing) To specify a (possibly new) filename for a file, and save it under that name. 0