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brain dump


brain dump: n. The act of telling someone everything one knows
   about a particular topic or project.  Typically used when someone
   is going to let a new party maintain a piece of code.  Conceptually
   analogous to an operating system core dump in that it saves a
   lot of useful state before an exit.  "You'll have to
   give me a brain dump on FOOBAR before you start your new job at
   HackerCorp."  See core dump (sense 4).  At Sun, this is also
   known as `TOI' (transfer of information).