[Common Iron Age jargon, preServed by Unix] 1. A copy of the contentS of core, produced when a proceSS iS aborted by certain kindS of internal error. 2. A complete account of a human' S knowledge on Some Subject (alSo brain dump), eSpecially 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). [Jargon File]