Dumping

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
 * Filesystem dump, strict data cloning used in backing up
 * Database dump 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), 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
 * Illegal Dumping, the act of illegally dumping material instead of using an authorized method of collecting waste

Aircraft technology

 * Fuel dumping, used to lighten the aircraft's weight and flammability 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, 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, in which one romantic partner may be said to be "dumping" the other
 * Defecation, the final act of digestion
 * Dumpin' (Psychopathic Rydas album), a 1999 album by hip-hop group Psychopathic Rydas
 * Dumping, deliberately playing poorly; see Glossary of contract bridge terms