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core dump
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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n. [common Iron Age jargon, preserved by Unix] 1. [techspeak] A copy of the
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contents of core , produced when a process is aborted by certain kinds of
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internal error. 2. By extension, used for humans passing out, vomiting, or
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registering extreme shock. He dumped core. All over the floor. What a mess.
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He heard about X and dumped core. 3. Occasionally used for a human rambling
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on pointlessly at great length; esp. in apology: Sorry, I dumped core on
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you. 4. A recapitulation of knowledge (compare bits , sense 1). Hence,
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spewing all one knows about a topic (syn. brain dump ), esp. in a lecture or
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answer to an exam question. Short, concise answers are better than core
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dumps (from the instructions to an exam at Columbia). See core. A core dump
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lands our hero in hot water. (This is the last cartoon in the Crunchly saga.
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The previous cartoon was 76-05-01.
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