Brain dump
(The act of telling someone) everything one knows about a particular topic.
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."
At Sun, this is also known as "TOI" (transfer of information).
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