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core dump

noun

Etymology

From dumping the contents of the (now obsolete) core memory out to be read.

Definitions

  1. The recorded state of the memory of a computer program at a specific time, generally when…

    The recorded state of the memory of a computer program at a specific time, generally when the program has terminated abnormally.

    • Certain signals cause a process to create a core dump and terminate (Table 20-1, page 396). A core dump is a file containing a memory image of the process at the time it terminated. (The term core derives from an old memory technology.)

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for core dump. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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