Dump generally refers to a place for disposal of solid waste, a rubbish dump, or landfill. The word has other uses alone or in combination, and may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

  • Dump (band), an alias for the solo recordings of James McNew
  • Dump, tape delay (broadcasting)
  • Dump months, times when, due to limited box office potential, new movies are generally perceived as being of low quality and limited appeal
  • "Dump", a 2025 track by Toby Fox from Deltarune Chapters 3+4 OST from the video game Deltarune

Computing and technology

  • Dump (Unix), a Unix program for backing up file systems
  • Core dump, inaccurately but consistently referred to as a core dump in Unix-like systems, the recorded state of the working memory of a computer program at a specific time, generally when the program has terminated abnormally (crashed)
  • Database dump, a record of the table structure and/or the data from a database
  • ROM dump or ROM image, a record of the data in a ROM, EEPROM, or MCU

Other uses

  • Dump, Belize, a village in Toledo District, Belize
  • The Dump (saloon), a popular saloon and dive bar in New York City during the early to middle 19th century
  • Dump (coin), used with the Holey dollar in Australia and Prince Edward Island
  • Ammunition dump, military stores of ammunition
  • Deoxyuridine monophosphate, or dUMP
  • Dump cake, a dessert
  • Dump job, a term for criminal disposal of a corpse
  • Dump truck, with tippable bed
  • Dump valve, used to release pressure, e.g. in turbochargers or diving suits
  • Dump, slang for unilateral break up of a personal relationship
  • Take a dump, slang for a bowel movement

See also

  • Litter, waste disposed of improperly
  • Double dump valve, in material handling
  • Dumper (disambiguation)
  • Dumping (disambiguation)
  • Dumped, a British reality television programme
  • Midden, historically a dump for domestic waste