tombstone

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

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.

The symbol "∎" marking the end of a proof.

A marker that takes the place of deleted data, allowing for replication of the deletion across servers etc.

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

A crashdump.

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

An unusual morphological feature on an electrocardiogram indicative of acute myocardial infarction, characterized by a massive ST elevation.

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.

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 wa

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, […]

To replace (an object or data) with a tombstone marker.

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

A city in Cochise County, southeastern Arizona, United States.