Dumping may refer to:

Computing

*Recording the contents of memory after application or operating system failure, or by operator request, in a

core dump In computing, a core dump, memory dump, crash dump, storage dump, system dump, or ABEND dump consists of the recorded state of the working Computer storage, memory of a computer program at a specific time, generally when the program has crash (com ...

for use in subsequent problem analysis *Filesystem dump, strict data cloning used in

backing up Reversing (also known as backing up) is the process of driving a vehicle in the reverse direction in order to maneuver. Rear view mirrors are somewhat standard equipment for this endeavor. Reversing a vehicle is used as an intermediate step to ...

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 ...

or SQL dump, a record of the data from a database, usually in the form of a list of SQL statements

Economics

Dumping (pricing policy) Dumping, in economics, is a form of predatory pricing, especially in the context of international trade. It occurs when manufacturers export a product to another country at a price below the normal price with an injuring effect. The objective of ...

, in international trade, the pricing of a product below its cost of production *

Social dumping Social dumping is a practice whereby employers use cheaper labour than is usually available at their site of production or sale, for example by moving production to a low-wage country or area, or employing poorly-paid migrant workers. Employers thu ...

, using transitory labour to save costs * SUTA dumping, the avoidance of paying unemployment insurance taxes

Waste management

Environmental dumping Environmental harmful product dumping (“environmental dumping”) is the practice of transfrontier shipment of waste (household waste, industrial/nuclear waste, etc.) from one country to another. The goal is to take the waste to a country that ...

, the shipping of waste to a country with lax environmental laws * Ocean dumping, the deliberate disposal of waste at sea *

Illegal Dumping Illegal dumping, also called fly dumping or fly tipping ( UK), is the dumping of waste illegally instead of using an authorised method such as curbside collection or using an authorised rubbish dump. It is the illegal deposit of any waste onto ...

, the act of illegally dumping material instead of using an authorized method of collecting waste

Aircraft technology

Fuel dumping Fuel dumping (or a fuel jettison) is a procedure used by aircraft in certain emergency situations before a return to the airport shortly after takeoff, or before landing short of the intended destination (emergency landing) to reduce the aircra ...

, used to lighten the aircraft's weight and flammability in certain emergency situations

Mathematics

* Equivalent dumping coefficient, used in the calculation of the energy dispersed when a building moves

Medicine

Gastric dumping syndrome Dumping syndrome occurs when food, especially sugar, moves too quickly from the stomach to the duodenum—the first part of the small intestine—in the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract. This condition is also called rapid gastric emptying. It i ...

, when intestines fill too quickly with undigested food from the stomach *

Homeless dumping Patient dumping or homeless dumping is the practice of hospitals and emergency services releasing homeless or indigent patients to public hospitals or onto the streets instead of transferring them to a homeless shelter or retaining them. These c ...

, medical workers releasing homeless patients on the streets *

Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) is an act of the United States Congress, passed in 1986 as part of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA). It requires hospital emergency departments that accept ...

, a 1986 act of the U.S. Congress to prevent "patient dumping" or the refusal to treat people because of inability to pay

Other uses

Breakup A relationship breakup, breakup, or break-up is the ending of a Interpersonal relationship, relationship. The act is commonly termed "dumping omeone in slang when it is initiated by one partner. The term is less likely to be applied to a ma ...

, in which one romantic partner may be said to be "dumping" the other *

Defecation Defecation (or defaecation) follows digestion and is the necessary biological process by which organisms eliminate a solid, semisolid, or liquid metabolic waste, waste material known as feces (or faeces) from the digestive tract via the anus o ...

, the final act of digestion *''Dumpin, a 1999 album by hip-hop group

Psychopathic Rydas Psychopathic Rydas was an American hip hop group based in Detroit, Michigan. Formed in 1999 as a side project of Insane Clown Posse and Twiztid, the group consisted of Psychopathic Records-associated rappers performing under alternate stage nam ...

*Dumping, deliberately playing poorly; see Glossary of contract bridge terms#D