Dumping

Dumping may refer to a subject...

...in 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.
• Recording a file or medium as a backup.

...in 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

...in waste management:

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

...in aircraft technology:

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

...in mathematics:

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

...in 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
• Patient dumping, the refusal to treat people because of inability to pay or insufficient insurance

...in music:

• Dumpin', a 1999 album by hip-hop group "Psychopathic Rydas"

Other uses:

• a pejorative term for defecation

See also

• Dump (disambiguation)
• Litter
• Dumper (disambiguation)

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