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brain dump
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brain dumpnoun
The transfer of a large quantity of information or knowledge from one person to another, as for example when one skilled employee is to replace another.
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Brain dump
The phrase brain dump refers to these things: ⁕Generally, the transfer of a large quantity of information from one person to another or to a piece of paper can be referred to as a 'brain dump'. ⁕In slang, it can describe a hurried explanation of a system, job, skillset, or other software engineering subject. ⁕In computing, the phrase describes the taking of a snapshot of the internal state of a knowledge database for transfer or archiving purposes. Thus, the copying of any dataset might be called a 'brain dump' if its contents could be colloquially referred to as a 'brain'. ⁕In the IT industry, a 'brain dump' refers to material that has been memorized from an IT certification and used to provide an almost exact replica of the exam. For this reason, examinees are often encouraged to remove their personal items other than their identification prior to an exam.
The New Hacker's Dictionary
brain dump
[common] The act of telling someone everything one knows about a particular topic or project. 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.” See core dump (sense 4). At Sun, this is also known as TOI (transfer of information).
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of brain dump in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of brain dump in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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