📖 Definitions of "Tombstone"
noun
- 1
A headstone marking a person's grave.
- 2
The symbol "∎" marking the end of a proof.
- 3
A marker that takes the place of deleted data, allowing for replication of the deletion across servers etc.
- 4
A crashdump.
verb
- 1
To take part in tombstoning: to jump into the sea, etc. from a cliff or other high point so as to enter the water vertically straight.
- 2
For a surfboard to stand upright half-submerged in the water (like a tombstone, above) because the surfer is underwater with his or her legrope pulled tight. Often this indicates a surfer in difficulty, either held down by the power of a wave or unconscious and unable to get to the surface.
- 3
To replace (an object or data) with a tombstone marker.
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