May 15, 2003

examining the entrails

n.

The process of grovelling through a core dump or hex image in an attempt to discover the bug that brought a program or system down. The reference is to divination from the entrails of a sacrificed animal. Compare runes, incantation, black art.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:49 AM

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