Dump Routine (Noun)
Meaning
A routine that writes from an internal store to some external medium.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The database management system included a dump routine to backup data onto tapes.
- The dump routine was run daily to transfer critical information onto external hard drives.
- After each experiment, the scientists used a dump routine to transfer data from the internal log to the cloud.
- The company's data protection policy required the use of a dump routine to update offsite archives.
- A dump routine was implemented to periodically write the system's internal state to a file on disk.