Dump generally refers to a place for disposal of solid waste, a rubbish dump, or

landfill A landfill site, also known as a tip, dump, rubbish dump, garbage dump, or dumping ground, is a site for the disposal of waste materials. Landfill is the oldest and most common form of waste disposal, although the systematic burial of the waste ...

. The word has other uses alone or in combination, and may refer to: *

Midden A midden (also kitchen midden or shell heap) is an old dump for domestic waste which may consist of animal bone, human excrement, botanical material, mollusc shells, potsherds, lithics (especially debitage), and other artifacts and ecofact ...

, historically a dump for domestic waste * Dump job, a term for criminal disposal of a corpse

Arts, entertainment, and media

* Dump (band), an alias for the solo recordings of James McNew * Dump, tape delay (broadcasting) * Dump months, times when, due to limited box office potential, new movies are generally perceived as being of low quality and limited appeal

Computing and technology

* Dump (Unix), a Unix program for backing up file systems * Core dump, inaccurately but consistently referred to as a core dump in Unix-like systems, the recorded state of the working memory of a computer program at a specific time, generally when the program has terminated abnormally (crashed) *

Database dump A database dump contains a record of the table structure and/or the data from a database and is usually in the form of a list of SQL statements ("SQL dump"). A database dump is most often used for backing up a database so that its contents can be ...

, a record of the table structure and/or the data from a database * ROM dump or ROM image, a record of the data in a ROM, EEPROM, or MCU

Other uses

Dump, Belize Dump is a community in Toledo District, Belize Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatema ...

, a village in Toledo District, Belize * The Dump (saloon), a popular saloon and dive bar in New York City during the early to middle 19th century * Dump (coin), used with the Holey dollar in Australia and Prince Edward Island * Ammunition dump, military stores of ammunition *

Deoxyuridine monophosphate Deoxyuridine monophosphate (dUMP), also known as deoxyuridylic acid or deoxyuridylate in its conjugate acid and conjugate base forms, respectively, is a deoxynucleotide. It is an intermediate in the metabolism of deoxyribonucleotides. Biosynthe ...

, or dUMP * Margaret Mitchell House and Museum, where Margaret Mitchell wrote ''Gone with the Wind''; Mitchell characterized her apartment building as "the Dump" * Dump cake, a dessert * Dump valve, used to release pressure, e.g. in turbochargers or diving suits * Dump, slang for unilateral break up of a personal relationship * Take a dump, slang for a bowel movement

Arts, entertainment, and media

Computing and technology

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