dump core

verb

Definitions

  1. To generate a core dump.

    • Traditionally, UNIX and UNIX-like systems have dumped core or provided a binary output of their state upon crashing.
  2. To ramble pointlessly at length

    To ramble pointlessly at length; especially used in apology

    • Sorry, I dumped core on you.
  3. To transfer a large quantity of information or knowledge from one person to another,…

    To transfer a large quantity of information or knowledge from one person to another, particularly subjects of a technical nature; to lecture

    • Jack dumped core on how to operate the server before he left on holiday.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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