Tombstone

Quick meaning: Tombstone is a noun meaning A grave marker, a stone slab or similar object marking a person's grave.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (mathematics) The symbol "∎" marking the end of a proof.
2. (computing, Microsoft Windows) A marker that takes the place of deleted data, allowing for replication of the deletion across servers etc.
3. (computing) A crashdump.
4. (art) A museum plaque or caption displaying information about a work of art or exhibited object.
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. (slang, archaic) A pawnbroker's ticket.

Example Sentences

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

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

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

"[…] 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.

Word Forms

• tombstones
• tomb-stone
• tombstoning
• tombstoned

Synonyms for tombstone

Depending on context, synonyms include headstone, gravestone, halmos.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gravestone, headstone, epitaph, grave, tomb, stone.

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