core dump

American

[kawr duhmp] / ˈkɔr ˌdʌmp /

noun

Computers.

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

Etymology

Origin of core dump

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

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The engineers survived “core dumps” and rainstorms to nail capsule reentry times.

From Scientific American

If necessary, they would cut the cables, and gravity would expeditiously return the control rods to the reactor, thereby averting yet another kind of core dump.

From Project Gutenberg

Conceptually analogous to an operating system core dump in that it saves a lot of useful state before an exit.

From Project Gutenberg

"Another core dump -- looks like the program jumped off to hyperspace somehow."

From Project Gutenberg

The process of grovelling through a core dump or hex image in an attempt to discover the bug that brought a program or system down.

From Project Gutenberg

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