memory dump

System state capture

A memory dump is a copy of all data stored in a computer's memory at a specific moment, typically captured when a system crashes.

Programmers use memory dumps to diagnose what went wrong: The crash generated a memory dump we can analyze.

Informally, a memory dump is any complete, unfiltered outpouring of information: She gave me a memory dump of everything that happened at the meeting.

diagnostic

crash

Sudden violent impact

troubleshoot · error log · snapshot · blue screen · postmortem · forensics · breakpoint · registers · kernel panic · exception

transfer

export

Foreign-bound sale

  • backupStored duplicate for recovery
  • extractConcentrated derived substance
  • copyIdentical reproduction made

migrate · archive · download · capture · preserve · retrieve · offload · upload · save · snapshot

overwhelm

information overload

Excess data impeding comprehension

torrent · inundated · swamped · exhausted · mental fatigue · cognitive overload · saturated · bombardment · stream of consciousness · sensory overload

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data capture scope

memory dumpselective logging

Cutting only certain trees

data retention

memory dumpmemory wipe

Induced total amnesia

garbage collection · zeroing · purge

operation direction

memory dumpsystem restore

Undo recent computer changes

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