tombstone

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A grave marker, a stone slab or similar object marking a person's grave.

   • True, there's no harm in crying for one's husband, and the tombstone, though plain, was a solid piece of work, and on summer's days when the widow brought her boys to stand there one felt kindly towards her.
2. 2

   The symbol "∎" marking the end of a proof.

3. 3

   A marker that takes the place of deleted data, allowing for replication of the deletion…

   A marker that takes the place of deleted data, allowing for replication of the deletion across servers etc.

   • If you attempt to restore a backup that is older than the tombstone lifetime, it may introduce objects that were deleted […]
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   1. 4

      A crashdump.

      • This actually results in a crash dump, which is written to the log and to a tombstone file.
   2. 5

      An unusual morphological feature on an electrocardiogram indicative of acute myocardial…

      An unusual morphological feature on an electrocardiogram indicative of acute myocardial infarction, characterized by a massive ST elevation.

   3. 6

      A printed advertisement in a newspaper or magazine, typically having unadorned centered…

      A printed advertisement in a newspaper or magazine, typically having unadorned centered text in black and white, enclosed in a simple box.

   4. 7

      A museum plaque or caption displaying information about a work of art or exhibited object.

      • The last bit of information on each tombstone is an accession number—an alphanumeric block that is assigned when an object is added (accessioned) to the museums’ collections.
   5. 8

      A pawnbroker's ticket.

      • "[…] Pity we're not both same size, or I'd steal one of your shirts, for I buried the last of mine yesterday, and here's the tombstone," producing a pawnbroker's duplicate.
   6. 9

      To take part in tombstoning

      To take part in tombstoning: to jump into the sea, etc. from a cliff or other high point so as to enter the water vertically straight.

   7. 10

      For a surfboard to stand upright half-submerged in the water (like a tombstone, above)…

      For a surfboard to stand upright half-submerged in the water (like a tombstone, above) because the surfer is underwater with his or her legrope pulled tight. Often this indicates a surfer in difficulty, either held down by the power of a wave or unconscious and unable to get to the surface.

      • Before the contest even started, Slater went down hard in a warmup session. He took a two-wave hold-down in the semifinals, his board tombstoning eerily for all to see, […]
   8. 11

      To replace (an object or data) with a tombstone marker.

      • One of the many improvements in Windows 2000 WINS (and NT4 SP4) is the capability to selectively delete or tombstone records.
   9. 12

      A city in Cochise County, southeastern Arizona, United States.

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