A {core dump} lands our hero in hot water.
(This is the last cartoon in the Crunchly saga. The previous cartoon
was 76-05-01.)
[common {Iron Age} jargon, preserved by Unix]
1. [techspeak] A copy of the contents of {core}, produced when a
process is aborted by certain kinds of internal error.
2. By extension, used for humans passing out, vomiting, or
registering extreme shock. "He dumped core. All over the floor. What
a mess." "He heard about X and dumped core."
3. Occasionally used for a human rambling on pointlessly at great
length; esp. in apology: "Sorry, I dumped core on you".
4. A recapitulation of knowledge (compare {bits}, sense 1). Hence,
spewing all one knows about a topic (syn. {brain dump}), esp. in a
lecture or answer to an exam question. "Short, concise answers are
better than core dumps" (from the instructions to an exam at
Columbia). See {core}.
A {core dump} lands our hero in hot water.
(This is the last cartoon in the Crunchly saga. The previous cartoon
was 76-05-01.)
[glossary]
[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {bits}{brain dump}{chase pointers}{core}{core dump}{dump}{examining the entrails}{fandango on core}{scram switch}{segmentation fault}]