stack puke

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

stack puke
 n.

   Some processor architectures are said to `puke their guts onto the
   stack' to save their internal state during exception processing. The
   Motorola 68020, for example, regurgitates up to 92 bytes on a bus
   fault. On a pipelined machine, this can take a while.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

stack puke

   Some processor architectures are said to "puke their guts onto
   the stack" to save their internal state during {exception}
   processing.  The {Motorola 68020}, for example, regurgitates
   up to 92 bytes on a {bus fault}.  On a {pipeline}d machine,
   this can take a while.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1994-11-01)

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