Believe it or not gravity is not really a force, it is an acceleration and on Earth it is about 32 feet/sec2. This same science principle applies in decelerating devices like parachutes and parafoils. The parachute decelerates or slows down the fall of the object.
What is a .DS_Store or ._ AppleDouble file? .DS_Store files are created by OS X to store metadata about folders and files including viewing options, icon positions and color labels. ._ AppleDouble files are created by the OS X when an application adds resource data or metadata to a file on a disk whose format doesn't support resources or metadata.
A dump file is a snapshot of an app at the point in time the dump is taken. It shows what process was executing and what modules were loaded. If the dump was saved with heap information, the dump file contains a snapshot of what was in the app's memory at that point in time. Opening a dump file with a heap in Visual Studio is like stopping at a breakpoint in a debug session. Although you cannot continue execution, you can examine the stacks, threads, and variable values of the app at the time the dump occurred.