brain dump
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brain dump
(The act of telling someone) everything one knows about a
particular topic. Typically used when someone is going to let
a new party maintain a piece of code. Conceptually analogous
to an operating system core dump in that it saves a lot of
useful state before an exit. "You'll have to give me a
brain dump on FOOBAR before you start your new job at
HackerCorp." At Sun, this is also known as "TOI" (transfer of
information).
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brain dump
An unorganized pile of written information quickly put together in an email or newsgroup message in response to a general question. See memory dump.Copyright © 1981-2019 by The Computer Language Company Inc. All Rights reserved. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher.