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 memory of a computer program at a specific time, generally when the program has crashed or otherwise terminat ...

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. Extremely large or luxury vehicles may have in addition t ...

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 ...

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 kind of injuring 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 d ...

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

Social dumping Social dumping is a practice of employers who use cheaper workforce, labour than is usually available at their site of production or sale, for example where production is moved to a low-wage country or area, or where poorly-paid migrant workers are ...

, using transitory labour to save costs *

SUTA dumping SUTA dumping is a name commonly used to describe a practice used by some companies doing business in the United States to circumvent paying unemployment insurance taxes, as mandated by the Unemployment Tax Act of 1939. The acronym SUTA is for "State ...

, the avoidance of paying unemployment insurance taxes

Waste management

Environmental 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 has less strict environmental laws, or environm ...

, the shipping of waste to a country with lax environmental *

Ocean dumping The ocean (also the sea or the world ocean) is the body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of the surface of Earth and contains 97% of Earth's water. An ocean can also refer to any of the large bodies of water into which the worl ...

, 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 authorized method such as curbside collection or using an authorized rubbish dump. It is the illegal deposit of any waste onto l ...

, the arized 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 An equivalent dumping coefficient is a mathematical coefficient used in the calculation of the energy dispersed when a structure moves. As a civil engineering term, it defines the percent of a cycle of oscillation that is absorbed (converted to heat ...

, 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 inappropriately releasing homeless or indigent patients to public hospitals or on the streets instead of placing them with a homeless shelter or retaining ...

, 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 paym ...

, 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 termination of a 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 married couple, where a brea ...

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

Defecation Defecation (or defaecation) follows digestion, and is a necessary process by which organisms eliminate a solid, semisolid, or liquid waste material known as feces from the digestive tract via the anus. The act has a variety of names ranging f ...

, the final act of digestion *

Dumpin' (Psychopathic Rydas album) 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 na ...

, a 1999 album by hip-hop group Psychopathic Rydas *Dumping, deliberately playing poorly; see Glossary of contract bridge terms#D