Core Dump Edit Meaning

1.

Taking a crap under normal circumstances. Contrast kernel panic and jettison stage one.

"Uh, dude, NMI."

"What?"

"Core dump."

See dump, crap, shit, kernel panic, jettison stage one

2.

(1) A term used in computer programmingto describe when a program fails. The program then dumps a core, which, in the ancient days of programming, poor code monkeys had to go through to see what was wrong.

(2) A term used by anyone familiar with definition (1) to mean a loss of memory.

(1)

> a.out

> Segmentation Fault (Core Dumped)

(2)

It's the middle of the big exam, and everything rides on the knowledge the test-taker has known for a long time. They're prepared to take the test when suddenly:

"*(*#%#(*&%!!!! MY BRAIN JUST CORE DUMPED!"

And that's a core dump. There goes any chance of a good grade.

See core dumped, dumped, core

3.

A type of defecation heavily involving the use of the abdominals and lower back, "dumping from the core."

"Man, I shouldn't have eaten all of those Hot Pockets. Now I need to take a core dump."

See poop, crap, dump, shit, defecate