core dump

[kawr duhmp]

noun

Computers.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of core dump¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

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

From Scientific American

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

From Project Gutenberg

Node:core leak, Next:Core Wars, Previous:core dump, Up:= C = core leak n.

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

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.

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