Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
dump routine

dump routine

7.9
A program that saves data from memory to a file or disk
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : rutina de volcado
  • The system administrator ran a dump routine to save the memory contents to a file for analysis.

Examples

  • The dump routine ensures that critical logs are written to disk before any potential hardware failure.

  • Before shutting down the server, please execute the dump routine to preserve the current session data.

  • The dump routine saves data to the disk.

  • Can you run the dump routine now?

  • Before shutting down the server, please execute the dump routine to preserve the current session data.

  • The dump routine ensures that critical logs are written to disk before any potential hardware failure.

  • The system administrator ran a dump routine to save the memory contents to a file for analysis.

Synonyms

dumper
vsdump routine
  • Specialized
8.2

A program that makes a copy of a computer's memory to help find problems

is a general subroutine that transfers internal memory to external files or disks

How Complex

backup system
  • Specialized
9 3.4
imager
  • Specialized
1 5.8
utility
  • Specialized
49 4.4
dump routine
  • Specialized
7.9
script
  • Specialized
70 3.6

Surface Forms

dump routine singular
dump routines plural

Morphology

dump + routine

The meaning is directly compositional: 'dump' (a memory/data copy or to output data) combined with 'routine' (a set of program instructions) yields a routine that performs a dump. This is a predictable technical compound following normal English noun-modifier patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent meanings can infer the MWE's function.

Etymology

The noun dump routine comes from the picture of a small program, a routine, whose job is to dump the computer's memory out onto a file or disk, like emptying a bucket. So, the term means 'a program that saves memory to a file or disk'.