tombstone
see also: Tombstone
Pronunciation Noun
Tombstone
Proper noun
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see also: Tombstone
Pronunciation Noun
tombstone (plural tombstones)
- A headstone marking a person's grave.
- Synonyms: headstone, gravestone
- (mathematics) The symbol "∎" marking the end of a proof.
- Synonyms: halmos
- (computing, Microsoft Windows) A marker that takes the place of deleted data, allowing for replication of the deletion across servers etc.
- 2008, Laura E. Hunter, Robbie Allen, Active Directory Cookbook (page 739)
- If you attempt to restore a backup that is older than the tombstone lifetime, it may introduce objects that were deleted […]
- 2008, Laura E. Hunter, Robbie Allen, Active Directory Cookbook (page 739)
- (computing) A crashdump.
- 2014, Joshua J. Drake, Zach Lanier, Collin Mulliner, Android Hacker's Handbook (page 186)
- This actually results in a crash dump, which is written to the log and to a tombstone file.
- 2014, Joshua J. Drake, Zach Lanier, Collin Mulliner, Android Hacker's Handbook (page 186)
- (cardiology) An unusual morphological feature on an electrocardiogram indicative of acute myocardial infarction, characterized by a massive ST elevation.
- French: pierre tombale
- German: Grabstein, Grabmal, Leichenstein (obsolete)
- Italian: lapide, pietra tombale
- Portuguese: lápide, campa
- Russian: надгро́бие
- Spanish: lápida
tombstone (tombstones, present participle tombstoning; past and past participle tombstoned)
- (UK, intransitive) To take part in tombstoning: to jump into the sea, etc. from a cliff or other high point so as to enter the water vertically straight.
- (surfing) For a surfboard to stand upright half-submerged in the water (like a tombstone, above) because the surfer is underwater with his or her legrope pulled tight. Often this indicates a surfer in difficulty, either held down by the power of a wave or unconscious and unable to get to the surface.
- 2005, Bruce Jenkins, Surfer magazine, (referring to Kelly Slater) :
- Before the contest even started, Slater went down hard in a warmup session. He took a two-wave hold-down in the semifinals, his board tombstoning eerily for all to see, […]
- 2005, Bruce Jenkins, Surfer magazine, (referring to Kelly Slater) :
- (transitive, computing, Microsoft Windows) To replace (an object or data) with a tombstone marker.
- 2000, William Boswell, Inside Windows 2000 Server (page 211)
- One of the many improvements in Windows 2000 WINS (and NT4 SP4) is the capability to selectively delete or tombstone records.
- 2000, William Boswell, Inside Windows 2000 Server (page 211)
Tombstone
Proper noun
- A city in southeastern Arizona.
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