snapshot dump

snapshot dump

[′snap‚shät ‚dəmp]

(computer science)

An edited printout of selected parts of the contents of main memory, performed at one or more times during the execution of a program without materially affecting the operation of the program.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

snapshot dump

A display or printout of all or selected portions of RAM. See memory dump.

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