Diagnostics Glossary
Browse 6 diagnostics terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.
6 Diagnostics Terms
- Code Issue
- A defect, smell, or problematic pattern found in code, whether functional, structural, or maintainability-related. The phrase is broad enough to include logic...
- Code Profile
- A performance profile of code showing where time, memory, or other resources are being spent during execution. Code profiles help developers find hotspots,...
- ICMP
- Internet Control Message Protocol — a network protocol used for diagnostic and error-reporting purposes. ICMP is the backbone of tools like ping and...
- Memory Dump
- A captured snapshot of some or all of a system's RAM at a point in time, used for debugging, forensics, or malware investigation. Memory dumps can contain...
- Total Recall
- An almost suspiciously complete memory of prior decisions, incidents, or technical details. In engineering slang, total recall is prized when reconstructing...
- traceroute
- A network diagnostic tool that maps the path packets take from source to destination by sending packets with incrementally increasing TTL values. Each router...
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