Core dump

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Name Core dump
Ontology

A core dump file is the saved image of a program's memory state from a Unix-style OS, usually made when it crashes, so that a developer can debug it. The name refers to the days when computers used magnetic core memory for their RAM.

File names are usually just core or start with a prefix of core., depending on system configuration.

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Core files are often in a version or extension of the OS executable file format, such as ELF.

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Core files are usually generated by the OS itself, and can be read by debugging tools for the system they were created on.

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