Dumping

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Dumping may refer to:

Computing

Recording the contents of memory after application or operating system failure, or by operator request, in a core dump for use in subsequent problem analysis.
Dump, strict data cloning pertaining to storage devices; related to backup

Economics

Dumping (pricing policy), in international trade, the pricing of a product below its cost of production
Social dumping, using transitory labour to save costs
SUTA dumping, the avoidance of paying unemployment insurance taxes

Waste management

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

Aircraft technology

Fuel dumping, used to lighten the aircraft's weight in certain emergency situations

Mathematics

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

Medicine

Gastric dumping syndrome, when intestines fill too quickly with undigested food from the stomach
Homeless dumping, medical workers releasing homeless patients on the streets
Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, or patient dumping, the refusal to treat people because of inability to pay or insufficient insurance

Other uses

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

See also

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