core dump

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

core dump core dumps

Etymology

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

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