Tombstone

/ˈtuːmstəʊn/ · noun

Meaning

A grave marker, a stone slab or similar object marking a person's grave..

Definitions by Sense

1. A grave marker, a stone slab or similar object marking a person's grave.
2. (mathematics) The symbol "∎" marking the end of a proof.
3. (computing, Microsoft Windows) A marker that takes the place of deleted data, allowing for replication of the deletion across servers etc.
4. (computing) A crashdump.
5. (cardiology) An unusual morphological feature on an electrocardiogram indicative of acute myocardial infarction, characterized by a massive ST elevation.
6. (journalism) A printed advertisement in a newspaper or magazine, typically having unadorned centered text in black and white, enclosed in a simple box.
7. (art) A museum plaque or caption displaying information about a work of art or exhibited object.
8. (slang, archaic) A pawnbroker's ticket.

Example Sentences

True, there's no harm in crying for one's husband, and the tombstone, though plain, was a solid piece of work, and on summer's days when the widow brought her boys to stand there one felt kindly towards her.

If you attempt to restore a backup that is older than the tombstone lifetime, it may introduce objects that were deleted […]

This actually results in a crash dump, which is written to the log and to a tombstone file.

The last bit of information on each tombstone is an accession number—an alphanumeric block that is assigned when an object is added (accessioned) to the museums’ collections.

"[…] Pity we're not both same size, or I'd steal one of your shirts, for I buried the last of mine yesterday, and here's the tombstone," producing a pawnbroker's duplicate.

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, […]

One of the many improvements in Windows 2000 WINS (and NT4 SP4) is the capability to selectively delete or tombstone records.

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• tombstones
• tomb-stone
• tombstoning
• tombstoned

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