core dump

[ kawr-duhmp ]

/ ˈkɔr ˌdʌmp /

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noun Computers.

a copy of main memory that is printed, displayed, or recorded on an output medium.

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Also called mem·o·ry dump

[mem-uh-ree duhmp] /ˈmɛm ə ri ˌdʌmp/ .

Origin of core dump

First recorded in 1955–60

It is a spy series at its core, but you guys never really pull from the headlines.
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISIS|Marlow Stern|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Another read: “We need leaders who will stand against Common Core.”
Rand Paul’s Passive-Aggressive Trolling Campaign|Olivia Nuzzi|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A soldier in the service of ideals and aspirations that formed his core.
Mario Cuomo, Always Moving Us Toward the Light|Mike Barnicle|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Some of them would open up deep splits in core Democratic constituencies.
Thank Congress, Not LBJ for Great Society|Julian Zelizer, Scott Porch|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Politicians who openly associated with Duke, or his hard-core associates, did so at their own risk.
The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise|Jason Berry|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But Harris, exhausted and shaken as he was to the very core, paced by his side, only half listening.
Three More John Silence Stories|Algernon Blackwood
In moments of utter bereavement who has not felt, to the heart's core, the tender attachment of a faithful dog?
The World Before Them|Susanna Moodie
The girls looked down, and with a glad cry of surprise Jess recognized a dump at the foot of the hill.
The Box-Car Children|Gertrude Chandler Warner
And there, I give you my word, three High-Pocketses were busy carrying galleys from the type-dump to the proof-press.
Nine Men in Time|Noel Miller Loomis
And as fast as they could carry a galley of type from the dump, another galley would just materialize there.
Nine Men in Time|Noel Miller Loomis