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CORE DUMP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(computer science) dump of the contents of the chief registers in the CPU; usually used for debugging
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("core dump" is a kind of...):
dump ((computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)