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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>brain dump</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="bozotic.html" title="bozotic"/><link rel="next" href="brain-fart.html" title="brain fart"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">brain dump</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bozotic.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="brain-fart.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="brain-dump"/><dt xmlns="" id="brain-dump"><b>brain dump</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [common] The act of telling someone everything one knows about a
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particular topic or project. Typically used when someone is going to let a
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new party maintain a piece of code. Conceptually analogous to an operating
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system <a href="../C/core-dump.html"><i class="glossterm">core dump</i></a> in that it saves a lot of useful
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<a href="../S/state.html"><i class="glossterm">state</i></a> before an exit. “<span class="quote">You'll have to give me
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a brain dump on FOOBAR before you start your new job at HackerCorp.</span>”
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See <a href="../C/core-dump.html"><i class="glossterm">core dump</i></a> (sense 4). At Sun, this is also known
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as <span class="firstterm">TOI</span> (transfer of
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information).</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bozotic.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="brain-fart.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">bozotic </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> brain fart</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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