(n) The act of
copying raw data from one place to another with little or no
formatting for readability. Usually,
dump refers to copying
data from
main memory to a
display screen or a
printer. Dumps are useful for diagnosing
bugs. After a
program fails, you can study the dump and analyze the contents of
memory at the time of the failure. Dumps are usually
output in a difficult-to-
read form (that is,
binary,
octal, or
hexadecimal), so a dump will not help you unless you know exactly what to look for.
(v) To output an image of computer memory.
