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(computing) An error indicating that a web page could not be found.
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(computing, informal) An error screen displayed by some operating systems, especially Microsoft Windows, after encountering an unrecoverable error which causes the system to shut down.
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(intransitive, computing) To experience a stop error and shut down to prevent damage to system hardware.
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(computing, of a computer system) To fail critically and display a blue screen of death.
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Synonym of fatal system error
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(computing) The recorded state of the memory of a computer program at a specific time, generally when the program has terminated abnormally.
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(computing) A malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable.
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(computing, software) To experience such an error.
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Alternative form of crash to desktop [(computing, software) An event where a software program running on a computer with an operating system that features a graphical desktop unexpectedly terminates without showing any error or halting of the system, and instead returns the user to the desktop.]
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(intransitive, Internet) To reveal oneself, after lurking; to establish a presence on an online newsgroup, forum, etc.
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(video games, transitive, informal) To modify (a protected, encrypted arcade game board) so that it will no longer automatically destroy its own code if tampering is detected.
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(computing) An exception thrown by the CPU while trying to call the handler of another exception (e.g. the exception handler is invalid or the call stack has overflowed).
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(computing) Able to proceed even after an error condition by selectively skipping parts of the processing.
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(computing) A fatal error; a failure that causes a program to terminate.
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(computing) An error that occurs when an operating system halts, because it has reached a condition where it can no longer operate safely.
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(intransitive, computing) To undergo a page fault.
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(electronics, computing) A type of error where a signal or datum becomes wrong and stays wrong until the equipment is power-cycled, but does not physically damage the equipment's hardware.
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(electronics, computing) A type of error which persists even after power-cycling the equipment; associated with permanent physical damage to the equipment's hardware (for instance, from a latch-up).
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(computing, colloquial) Of a computer or similar device, receiving power but not functioning as desired; working very slowly or not at all. The condition is often corrected by rebooting the computer.
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(computing) On Unix-derived operating systems, an action taken by the operating system when it cannot recover from a fatal error.
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(transitive) To work out or fix a problem, usually in a makeshift fashion.
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Alternative form of latch-up [(electronics) A kind of short circuit caused by the inadvertent creation of a low-impedance path between the power supply rails of a MOSFET circuit.]
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(computing) An alert (such as an interrupt or exception) indicating that a page of memory was accessed without being loaded.
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(computing, humorous, also attributively) Chiefly used by technical support helpdesk staff: a problem experienced with a user's computer that is due to user error.
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(computing) A message that causes processing to fail, and thus remains in the message queue and prevents processing of further messages.
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(computing) A special message queue into which poison messages are diverted, to prevent them from blocking the system.
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(computing, Unix) A segmentation fault.
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(electronics, computing) A type of transient error where a signal or datum is momentarily wrong, caused for example by an ionizing particle striking a chip.
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(military) The neutralization of an incoming munition by avoiding it rather than destroying it.
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(computing) An exception thrown by the CPU while trying to handle a double fault, typically resulting in immediate rebooting.
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(computing, informal) The situation where a computer monitor displays a correct screen image when first switched on, but then quickly blanks out, typically associated with capacitor problems.
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(computing, obsolete) unrecoverable application error (the standard Microsoft Windows error message in Win16)
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(computing, informal) An error or issue occuring in Apple operating systems and other technologies that causes the computer or device to cease working and display only a white screen.
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