core dump

core dump n.  [common {Iron Age} jargon, preserved by
   UNIX] 1. [techspeak] A copy of the contents of {core}, produced
   when a process is aborted by certain kinds of internal error.
   2. By extension, used for humans passing out, vomiting, or
   registering extreme shock.  "He dumped core.  All over the floor.
   What a mess."  "He heard about X and dumped core."
   3. Occasionally used for a human rambling on pointlessly at great
   length; esp. in apology: "Sorry, I dumped core on you".  4. A
   recapitulation of knowledge (compare {bits}, sense 1).  Hence,
   spewing all one knows about a topic (syn. {brain dump}), esp.
   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).  See {core}.