``A copy of the contents of [memory], produced when a process is aborted by certain kinds of internal errors ''
A copy of the data stored in the core memory of a computer, usually used for debugging purposes
An image of a terminated process saved for debugging A core file is created under the name core in the current directory of the process when an abnormal event occurs that results in the process's termination
Core dump allows offline, post-mortem, analysis of actors or processes that are killed by exceptions
The writing out (dumping) of the entire contents of primary memory In some systems in it written to a file named core When analyzed by specialized software it may indicate the nature of the problem Usually indicates a serious problem
A printout, usually in hexadecimal characters, of the contents of core memory Note: A core dump is useful for analyzing an abnormally terminated computer run or finding bugs in a computer program
coredump The content of memory written to a file on disk (usually called "core") when a program crashes