memorydump
nounUK /ˈmɛməri dʌmp/
US /ˈmɛməri dʌmp/
A memory dump is a copy of what a computer was thinking saved into a file.
The program crashed and left a memory dump on the disk.
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2. A sudden, complete sharing of everything one remembers about a topic.
After the meeting she gave us a memory dump of all the project details.
3. The act of transferring stored data out of a system for safekeeping.
The engineer performed a memory dump before shutting down the server.
4. In computing, the process of writing the contents of memory to storage when a fault occurs.
The operating system triggers a memory dump automatically after a blue screen.