data dump

verb

To bulk transfer or release of a large amount of raw information from one database, system, or person to another; see database dump.

Meanings

noundata dump (plural data dumps)

plural data dumps

  1. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of database dump.
verbdata dump (third-person singular simple present data dumps, present participle data dumping, simple past and past participle data dumped)

present singular third person data dumps · participle present data dumping · participle past data dumped · past data dumped

  1. To bulk transfer or release of a large amount of raw information from one database, system, or person to another; see database dump.
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APA

data dump. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/data%20dump

MLA

“data dump.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/data%20dump. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “data dump,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/data%20dump.

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