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In computing, a core dump or Crash Dump consists of the recorded state of the working memory of a computer program at a specific time, generally when the program has terminated abnormally (crashed). In practice, other key pieces of program state are usually dumped at the same time, including the processor registers, which may include the program counter and stack pointer, memory management information, and other processor and operating system flags and information. The name comes from the once-standard core memory technology. Core dumps are often used to diagnose or debug errors in computer programs.

On many operating systems, a fatal error in a program automatically triggers a core dump, and by extension the phrase “to dump core” has come to mean, in many cases, any fatal error, regardless of whether a record of the program memory results.

The term “core dump” has become jargon to indicate any deposition of a large amount of unedited data for further examination.

Reference – Core Dump at Wikipedia

1. Ask the Performance Team : Capturing Application Crash Dumps – Following on from our posts on the Basic Troubleshooting Toolkit and Basic Debugging of an Application Crash , let’s talk about actually capturing Application crash dumps and failures. Most administrators are familiar with the Dr. Watson for Windows tool
2. How to Change the Default Location of an Application Crash Dump – Citrix Knowledge Center – Citrix tech note CTX115602, last updated Sep 3, 2008.
3. Specify the System Crash Dump File Location at Registry Guide for Windows – This tweak is used to specify the location where the dump file should be written after a system crash.
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6. How to use WinDbg to analyze the crash dump for VC++ application. – At Stack Overflow
7. Ask the Performance Team : Understanding Crash Dump Files – At the end of 2007 we talked about Bugchecks and why they happen . Today we’re going to talk about the Crash Dump files themselves – the different types of dumps, how the dumps themselves are generated and why you will need a correctly sized page
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