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The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

brain dump (The act of telling someone) everything one knows about a particular topic. Typically used when someone is going to let a new party maintain a piece of code. Conceptually analogous to an operating system core dump in that it saves a lot of useful state before an exit. "You'll have to give me a brain dump on FOOBAR before you start your new job at HackerCorp." At Sun, this is also known as "TOI" (transfer of information). [Jargon File]
The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):

brain dump n. [common] The act of telling someone everything one knows about a particular topic or project. Typically used when someone is going to let a new party maintain a piece of code. Conceptually analogous to an operating system core dump in that it saves a lot of useful state before an exit. “You'll have to give me a brain dump on FOOBAR before you start your new job at HackerCorp.” See core dump (sense 4). At Sun, this is also known as TOI (transfer of information).