Crossword clues for dumper
The Collaborative International Dictionary
dumper \dumper\ n. same as dump truck.
Syn: dump truck.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A small one-man diesel-powered vehicle often used to carry loads and material around, often on building sites. 2 A dropper of refuse, particularly not in landfill sites/recycling sites. 3 One who dumps a boyfriend or girlfriend; the one of a romantic couple who terminates the relationship.
WordNet
n. truck whose contents can be emptied without handling; the front end of the platform can be pneumatically raised so that the load is discharged by gravity [syn: dump truck, tipper truck, tipper lorry, tip truck, tipper]
Wikipedia
A dumper is a vehicle designed for carrying bulk material, often on building sites. Dumpers are distinguished from dump trucks by configuration: a dumper is usually an open 4-wheeled vehicle with the load skip in front of the driver, while a dump truck has its cab in front of the load. The skip can tip to dump the load; this is where the name "dumper" comes from. They are normally diesel powered. A towing eye is fitted for secondary use as a site tractor. Dumpers with rubber tracks are used in special circumstances and are popular in some countries.
Early Thwaites dumpers had a payload of about a ton and were 2-wheel drive, driving on the front axle and steered at the back wheels. The single cylinder diesel engine (sometimes made by Lister) was started by hand cranking. The steering wheel turned the back wheels, not front. Having neither electrics nor hydraulics there was not much to go wrong. The skip was secured by a catch by the driver's feet. When the catch is released, the skip tips under the weight of its contents at pivot points below, and after being emptied is raised by hand.
Modern dumpers have payloads of up to and usually steer by articulating at the middle of the chassis (pivot steering). They have multi-cylinder diesel engines, some turbocharged, electric start and hydraulics for tipping and steering and are more expensive to make and operate. An A-frame known as a ROPS (Roll-Over Protection) frame, may be fitted over the seat to protect the driver if the dumper rolls over. Some dumpers have FOPS (Falling Object Protection) as well. Lifting skips are available for discharging above ground level. In the 1990s dumpers with swivel skips, which could be rotated to tip sideways, became popular, especially for working in narrow sites such as road works. Dumpers are the most common cause of accidents involving construction plant.
These vehicles are also called "dumper" in some mainland European languages.
In computer programming, a dumper is a program which copies data from one source (usually a proprietary format) to another (usually in a more easily accessible format).
A dumper is a program that saves data from the computer's memory, usually from a foreign process ( program) to a (*.dmp) file. Often the process's memory is dumped automatically to disk if the program crashes. So you may recover any unsaved data from this file or send it to the developer so he can investigate what caused the crash.
Another use of 'dumpers' can be dumping Windows Exe-files from memory after they have been unpacked/ decrypted for further analysis (in case of malware), or after unwrapping/unpacking certain security envelopes. These security envelopes are applied by the developer or software vendor to 'protect' these applications.
Usually a security envelope checks if the application has not been modified, if you are still on your evaluation period or if the original CD is inserted before it unpacks and starts the application in memory. However just dumping is not enough - because structures like the imported API-Call were overwritten or intentionally mangled by the protector at the start and need to be rebuilt to get a running executable.
A dumper is an off-road vehicle designed for carrying bulk material.
Dumper may also refer to:
- Anthony Charles Dumper (born 1923), Bishop of Dudley
- Dumper (computer program), a computer program that copies data from one source to another
- Dumper (Ender's Game), a character in the Ender's Game science fiction series
- Dumper truck, a truck used for transporting loose material for construction
- Rotary car dumper, a mechanism used for unloading railroad cars
- Dumper (Gobots), a heroic fictional character.
Usage examples of "dumper".
Then the whole covey of dumpers moved out into the rain, shooing Raym and Nurse ahead of them.
At the start of the preliminary stage, cargo starships delivered thirty-five dumpers into low orbit: squat, conical, atmospheric-entry craft, packed full of heavy machinery, supplies, fuel, ground vehicles, and the prefabricated sections of runway.
Each car, without uncoupling, moved into a rotary dumper which then inverted, letting the coal fall out onto heavy grates.
Rings of crude wooden cabins sprang up around all of the dumpers, looking as if they were rafts floating on a sea of mud.
Jenny opened a communication channel to the geosynchronous platform, and connected into the Kulu Embassy dumper.
While they watched, a diesel locomotive on a rail spur jockeyed a long train of freight cars delivering still more coal. Each car, without uncoupling, moved into a rotary dumper which then inverted, letting the coal fall out onto heavy grates.
Among the other enthusiastic dumpers were Russia, China, Japan, New Zealand, and nearly all the nations of Europe.
When they reached the stern, others of the crew were already undogging the fastenings on the inner door of the dumper lock.
Bakhtiar, because you're one of the major dumpers of toxic spell byproducts at the Devonshire site, and, as I said over the phone, the dump appears to be leaking.
As the Commercial Attaché he was entitled to a bigger apartment in the embassy’s residential block outside, but his actual position as Head of Station for the Kulu External Security Agency operation on Lalonde meant he needed the kind of secure quarters which the old dumper with its carbotanium structure could provide.
Christ, he thought, as Cameron rabbited on, her mouth's like a dumper.
Alai and Shen had been in Ender Wiggin's original launch group, and Vlad and Dumper, who had commanded B and E toons and were probably the most worshipful of Ender, hung around with them.