I was suddenly enlightened by the unification of software traces with memory dumps and it came to me that DATA is simply Dump Analysis + Trace Analysis. It is commutative with TADA, the sound of accomplishment (tada.wav in Windows \ Media folder).
This can’t be a coincidence, can it?
- Dmitry Vostokov @ DumpAnalysis.org -
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What is a software trace from a mathematical standpoint? Before any software writes its trace data, it assembles it in memory. Therefore, generally, a software trace is a linear ordered sequence of specifically prepared memory fragments (trace statements):
(ts1, ts2, …, tsn)
where every tsi is a sequence of bits, bytes or other discrete units (see the definition of a memory dump):
(s11, s12, …, s1k, s21, s22, …, s2l, …, …, …, sn1, sn2, …, snm)
These trace statements can also be minidumps, selected regions of memory space. In the limit, if every tsi is a full memory snapshot saved at an instant of time (ti) we have a sequence of memory dumps:
(mt1, mt2, …, mtn)
Like with memory dump analysis we need symbol files to interpret saved memory fragments unless they were already interpreted during their construction. For example, traces written according ETW specification (Event Tracing for Windows), need TMF files (Trace Message Format) for their interpretation and viewing. Usually these files are generated from PDB files and therefore we have this correspondence:
memory dump file -> software trace file
PDB file -> TMF file
- Dmitry Vostokov @ TraceAnalysis.org -
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Do you remember memuons1, the indivisible entities of memory? Their study is the domain of the new science called memuonics2. According to the so called memophysical principle3,we have particle interpretation of memuons. This is called classical memuonics with classical memory field theory where memuons are “quanta” of memory. We can also ”quantize” memory fields and get quantum memory field theories where memuons are created and annihilated.
(1) The notion of memuons first appeared in the philosophy of memoidealism.
(2) Please don’t confuse memuonics with memiotics. The latter is computer memory semiotics.
(3) Memophysical principle - theories of memory-based universe need to take into account the current mainstream sciences including physics.
- Dmitry Vostokov @ DumpAnalysis.org -
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