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