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
Famous quotes containing the word dumping:
“Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us.”
—P.J. (Patrick Jake)