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Fatal error Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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fatal error
<programming, operating system> Any error which causes abrupt termination of the program. The program may be terminated either by itself or by the operating system (a "fatal exception"). In the former instance, the program contains code which catches the error and, as a result, returns to the operating system or calls an operating system service to terminate the program.
(1997-08-03)
<programming, operating system> Any error which causes abrupt termination of the program. The program may be terminated either by itself or by the operating system (a "fatal exception"). In the former instance, the program contains code which catches the error and, as a result, returns to the operating system or calls an operating system service to terminate the program.
(1997-08-03)
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Fatal error
An error that causes a program to abort. Sometimes a fatal error returns you to the operating system. When a fatal error occurs, you may lose whatever data the program was currently processing.
An error that causes a program to abort. Sometimes a fatal error returns you to the operating system. When a fatal error occurs, you may lose whatever data the program was currently processing.
Fatal error Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Fatal error
In computing, a fatal error is an error which causes a program to abort - and thus may return the user to the operating system. When this happens, data that the program was processing may be lost. A fatal error occurs typically in any of these cases:
- An illegal instruction has been attempted
- Invalid data or code has been accessed
- The privilege level of an operation is invalid
- A program attempts to divide by zero. (Only for integers; with the IEEE floating point standard, this creates an infinity instead)
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