Why do we call an ABAP Runtime error a "Short Dump"

Hi All,

I was just working on one of the ABAP runtime errors with my technical counterpart and a question came to my mind "Why do we call an ABAP Runtime error a "Short Dump"?".

I tried asking a few friends of mine working in the technical space in SAP and they were not able to answer.

So, some one of you experts help me getting answer to this question.

Thanks in Advance.

Nitin.