core dump

English

Etymology

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

Noun

core dump (plural core dumps)

1. (computing) The recorded state of the memory of a computer program at a specific time, generally when the program has terminated abnormally.
   • 2010, Michael Kerrisk, The Linux Programming Interface, No Starch Press, →ISBN, page 448:

     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.)

Synonyms

• memory dump

Related terms

• core memory

Translations

recorded state of memory

• Esperanto: nekropsio
• Spanish: volcado de memoria m

See also

• info-dump

Further reading

• core dump on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• dump core