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Unexpected program exit due to an error
In computing, a crash, or system crash, occurs when a computer program such as a software application or an operating system stops functioning properly
Crash_(computing)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up crash in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Crash or CRASH may refer to: Collision, an impact between two or more objects Crash (computing), a condition
Crash
Topics referred to by the same term
video game crash of 1983 Crash (computing) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Game crash. If an internal link incorrectly
Game_crash
Topics referred to by the same term
System crash may refer to the following: Crash (computing), a computer system that has encountered an error System Crash (TV series), a television series
System_crash_(disambiguation)
When a process becomes non-responsive
reboot the computer in the event of a hang. Abort (computing) Blue screen of death Crash (computing) Livelock Infinite loop Uninterruptible sleep Windows
Hang_(computing)
1992 novel by Neal Stephenson
science-fiction novel Snow Crash. "avatar, n.". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2018. §Draft Additions September 2008. Computing and Science Fiction
Snow_Crash
British video game developer
the Docklands". Crash. Newsfield. September 1985. pp. 42–44. Retrieved 16 March 2025. "Odin Computer Graphics - Company - Computing History". "Charts"
Odin_Computer_Graphics
within the distributed computing system. Distributed computing List of distributed computing projects SWIM Protocol Crash (computing) Fault tolerance Consensus
Failure_detector
1983 US video gaming economic recession
November). The first decade of personal computing Archived December 10, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Creative Computing, vol. 10, no. 11: p. 30. "The Inflation
Video_game_crash_of_1983
Programmable machine that processes data
of the analytical engine's computing unit (the mill) in 1888. He gave a successful demonstration of its use in computing tables in 1906. In his work
Computer
Distributed computing protocol
symposium on Principles of distributed computing. PODC '01. Newport, Rhode Island, US: Association for Computing Machinery. pp. 170–179. doi:10.1145/383962
SWIM_Protocol
1984 video game
Video Games and Popular Computing Weekly wrote on the game's difficulty, and Computer and Video Games, Crash, Popular Computing Weekly, and Sinclair User
Sabre_Wulf
2023 aviation accident in Nepal
On 15 January 2023, the ATR 72 being operated on the route stalled and crashed while landing at Pokhara, killing all 68 passengers and 4 crew members
Yeti_Airlines_Flight_691
1983 racing video game
Popular Computing Weekly praising the smooth scrolling. ZX Computing summarised the game as "realistic,... exciting and highly enjoyable". In 1985, CRASH magazine
Chequered_Flag_(video_game)
1986 video game
"Charts". Popular Computing Weekly. No. 20. Sunshine Publications. 15 May 1986. p. 54. Retrieved 27 October 2022. Batman at SpectrumComputing.co.uk Batman
Batman_(1986_video_game)
Magazine about computers and related subjects
Roster of Organizations in the Field of Automatic Computing Machinery (1951–1952), and then The Computing Machinery Field (1952–1953). It was published by
Computer_magazine
Video game developed by Soft Option
unsatisfying game." "Spectrum Computing - ZX Spectrum games, software and hardware". "A right Charlie". Home Computing Weekly. United Kingdom. 4 June
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1985 video game)
Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_(1985_video_game)
Component of a computer process
either concurrently on one core or in parallel on multiple cores. GPU computing environments like CUDA, OpenCL and DirectX 12 use the multithreading model
Thread_(computing)
1983 video game
"Lunar Jetman Cassette Inlay". Spectrum Computing. Retrieved 23 October 2023. "Crash review of Lunar Jetman", CRASH (1), Newsfield Publications: 88, February
Lunar_Jetman
events in the history of computing from 1980 to 1989. For narratives explaining the overall developments, see the history of computing. "Sinclair ZX80 Launched"
Timeline of computing 1980–1989
Timeline_of_computing_1980–1989
Restore a system to a previous stable state
Windows computers. Abnormal end Abort (computing) CRIU Hang (computing) Power-on reset Power-on self test Reboot (computing) Reset vector J. D. Biersdorfer (March
Reset_(computing)
Director of Educator Support at the Raspberry Pi Foundation
Pi Foundation and chairs the Computing At School (CAS) diversity and inclusion group, #CASInclude. She wrote the computing book Adventures in Raspberry
Carrie_Anne_Philbin
Computing with supercomputers and clusters
administration (including network and security knowledge), parallel computing and distributed computing into a multidisciplinary field that combines digital electronics
High-performance_computing
Using devices designed to be portable
Mobile computing is human–computer interaction in which a computer is expected to be transported during normal usage and allow for transmission of data
Mobile_computing
1985 video game
"Nightshade software review". Home Computing Weekly. No. 127. October 1985. p. 8. "Enigmatic: Nightshade". Popular Computing Weekly. No. 13. 9 December 1985
Nightshade_(1985_video_game)
Graphical representation of a user or a user's alter ego or character
In computing, an avatar is a graphical representation of a user, the user's character, or persona. Avatars can be two-dimensional icons in Internet forums
Avatar_(computing)
Concept in computer science
A fundamental problem in distributed computing and multi-agent systems is to achieve overall system reliability in the presence of a number of faulty
Consensus_(computer_science)
1983 video game
what truly made for a "faultless" experience was its simple gameplay. ZX Computing praised the game's playability and replay value, stating that Jetpac was
Jetpac
American technology company
cryptocurrency crash, in 2019 the company was renamed CoreWeave, leveraging its large inventory of GPUs to start providing cloud computing infrastructure
CoreWeave
Software component that extends the functionality of existing software
Look up plug-in or add-on in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In computing, a plug-in (also spelled plugin), add-in (also addin, add-on, or addon) or
Plug-in_(computing)
Former British video game developer
ashes". Popular Computing Weekly. Vol. 6, no. 49. Focus Magazines. p. 32. Retrieved 26 February 2020. "CRASH 17 - Witch's Cauldron". "CRASH 2 - Index". "From
Mikro-Gen
Fatal error displays in operating systems
In computing, a system crash screen, error screen or screen of death is a visual indicator that appears when an operating system, software application
System_crash_screen
Centralized computing is computing done at a central location, using terminals that are attached to a central computer. The computer itself may control
Centralized_computing
1985 video game
in Sinclair User, a 4-star rating in Popular Computing Weekly, and a 5-star rating in ZX Computing. Crash awarded it 70% in its "Frontline" strategy section
The_Rats_(video_game)
German-American painter (1930–2025)
Art (invitational group), Minneapolis College of Art and Design 1988: CRASH: ComputeR-AssiSted Hardcopy (invitational group), Wright Museum of Art, Beloit
Aribert_Munzner
Chronological record of computer data processing operations
In computing, logging is the act of keeping a log of events that occur in a computer system, such as problems, errors or broad information on current
Logging_(computing)
1984 video game
"Top 10". Popular Computing Weekly. Sunshine Publications. 13 December 1984. p. 66. Retrieved 12 January 2022. "Top 10". Popular Computing Weekly. Sunshine
Booty_(video_game)
1986 video game
Tony (April 1987). "Top Gun". ZX Computing. United Kingdom. p. 53. Roberts, Nick (November 1989). "Budget". Crash. United Kingdom. p. 48. South, Phil
Top_Gun_(1986_video_game)
1986 video game
were fairly positive, with CRASH giving it 85%, Your Sinclair rating it at 7/10, and ZX Computing rating it as Great. CRASH said of the game "Wow! For
Agent_X_(1986_video_game)
Security by granting only essential access
Authority (PoLA), requires that in a particular abstraction layer of a computing environment, every module (such as a process, a user, or a program, depending
Principle_of_least_privilege
Wheeled cupboard containing emergency medication and equipment
A crash cart, code cart, crash trolley or "MAX cart" is a set of trays/drawers/shelves on wheels used in hospitals for transportation and dispensing of
Crash_cart
1986 video game
were fairly positive, with CRASH giving it 89%, Your Sinclair rating it at 8/10, and ZX Computing rating it as Great. CRASH said of the game "Despite the
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1986 video game)
Attack_of_the_Killer_Tomatoes_(1986_video_game)
1984 video game
July 1984). "Kamikaze Pilot". Popular Computing Weekly. Vol. 3, no. 29. p. 17. "Battle-Tank Simulator". Crash!. No. 64. May 1989. p. 31. Gilbert, Jonh
3D_Tank_Duel
ZX Spectrum video game
review". Home Computing Weekly (26). August 1983. Retrieved 10 September 2015. "Cookie". Retro Gamer (178): 109. 2018. Cookie at SpectrumComputing.co.uk
Cookie_(video_game)
Defect in an engineered system
Bugs may be persistent, sporadic, intermittent, or transient; in computing, crashes, freezes, and glitches are types of bugs. Since desirability is subjective
Bug_(engineering)
2019 aviation accident in Ethiopia
10 March 2019, the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft which operated the flight crashed near the town of Bishoftu six minutes after takeoff. All 149 passengers
Ethiopian_Airlines_Flight_302
Crash reporting technology
was also included in the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) hall of fame for its impact on the computing industry. Microsoft first introduced Windows
Windows_Error_Reporting
2010 aviation accident in Russia
Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft operating as Polish Air Force Flight PLF 101, crashed near the Russian city of Smolensk, killing all 96 people on board. Among
Smolensk_air_disaster
American businessman (born 1964)
president and CEO of Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing company. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index and Forbes, he
Jeff_Bezos
Fatal error condition in Unix-like operating systems
we have this routine called panic, and when it is called, the machine crashes, and you holler down the hall, 'Hey, reboot it.'" The original panic()
Kernel_panic
1985 video game
described the graphics as "crude", while Crash noted that they were simple but served their purpose. Home Computing Weekly praised the 3D graphics as "rather
Volcano_(1985_video_game)
1984 video game
constructed" game. Home Computing Weekly gave the Commodore 64 version four stars out of five. "News: Roland's Rat Adventure". Home Computing Weekly. No. 83.
Kong_Strikes_Back!
1986 video game
a Berk II". Crash. No. 45. Newsfield. October 1987. p. 140. ISSN 0954-8661. The Trap Door at MobyGames The Trap Door at SpectrumComputing.co.uk The Trap
The_Trap_Door_(video_game)
1982 home computer
1986, p. 256. Popular Computing Weekly 1983a, p. 1. Backhurst 1983b, p. 14. Popular Computing Weekly 1983c, p. 1. Popular Computing Weekly 1983d, p. 5.
ZX_Spectrum
Set of computers configured in a distributed computing system
and scheduled by software. The newest manifestation of cluster computing is cloud computing. The components of a cluster are usually connected to each other
Computer_cluster
American multinational technology company
online advertising, search engine technology, email, cloud computing, software, quantum computing, e-commerce, consumer electronics, and artificial intelligence
1984 video game
Seven Faces is an interactive fiction video game published by Classic Computing for the ZX Spectrum in 1984. It was re-released later in 1985 by Imperial
Curse_of_the_Seven_Faces
1984 video game
treat," while Crash called the graphics "breathtakingly fast" and "smooth," though noting they were not very detailed. Home Computing Weekly and Personal
Dark_Star_(1984_video_game)
Collective three-dimensional virtual shared space
originated in the 1992 science fiction novel Snow Crash as a portmanteau of "meta" and "universe". In Snow Crash, the metaverse is envisioned as a version of
Metaverse
1983 video game
portal Dimension Destructors is a 1983 video game developed by Artic Computing for the ZX Spectrum. The game, programmed by Jon Ritman, was one of the
Dimension_Destructors
University Computing History Computer Histories – An introductory course on the history of computing Revolution – The First 2000 Years Of Computing, Computer
History_of_computing_hardware
1983 maze video game
Personal Computer News, Chris Adam-Smith of ZX Computing, and reviewers for Games Computing and Home Computing Weekly all positively noted this feature as
Mined-Out
Phrase often uttered by computers and robots in popular culture
that software had not yet been written to deal with, leading to a computer crash. The NaN and related data types were invented to solve this problem. The
Does_not_compute
1986 video game
its release. ZX Spectrum magazines Crash and ZX Computing Monthly awarded Cauldron II their top accolades: "Crash Smash" and "Monster Hit", respectively
Cauldron II: The Pumpkin Strikes Back
Cauldron_II:_The_Pumpkin_Strikes_Back
American video game developer
created Crash Bandicoot for the PlayStation in 1996. Naughty Dog developed three Crash Bandicoot games over the next several years. After developing Crash Team
Naughty_Dog
Malicious archive file designed to disrupt the program or system reading it
In computing, a zip bomb, also known as a decompression bomb or zip of death (ZOD), is a malicious archive file designed with the goal to crash or freeze
Zip_bomb
1984 video game
received and attained numerous awards from critics. 91% (CRASH #10, November 1984). Home Computing Weekly Sinclair User Computer and Video Games Eurogamer
Avalon_(video_game)
Specialist field of computer science
Computational science, also known as scientific computing, technical computing or scientific computation (SC), is a division of science, and more specifically
Computational_science
Video game magazine
Zzap!64 and CRASH. After issue 18, Amtix! was sold to Database Publications who merged the Amtix! games sections into their own Computing With the Amstrad
Amtix
Free application for event monitoring and alerting
open-source solution. "Cloud Native Computing Foundation Accepts Prometheus as Second Hosted Project". Cloud Native Computing Foundation. May 9, 2016. Retrieved
Prometheus_(software)
1992 Microsoft operating system version
built into Windows 95. Microsoft also published Windows for Pen Computing, a pen computing interface which was created in response to PenPoint OS by GO Corporation
Windows_3.1
Former British video game developer
1987 Popular Computing Weekly, 26 January-1 February 1984 (p.26), Sunshine Publications Ltd. "Rebirth of the Things: Design Design". CRASH. No. 8. Newsfield
Crystal_Computing
TPUG Library. "Commodore Games". Commodore Games. "Creative Computing Software #5.7". Creative Computing Magazine. Vol. 5, no. 7. July 1979. p. 154.
List_of_Commodore_PET_games
1984 video game
Mizar Computing and in 1986 on the compilation Fourmost Adventures by Global Software. Reception Out of the Shadows received a "Crash Smash" from CRASH magazine
Out of the Shadows (video game)
Out_of_the_Shadows_(video_game)
American multinational technology conglomerate
American multinational technology company engaged in e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, entertainment, and artificial
Amazon_(company)
1983 video game
Artic Computing for the ZX Spectrum in 1983 and 1984 for the Commodore 64. Reception Bear Bovver received generally positive reception. Crash staff praised
Bear_Bovver
Inefficient use of storage space
problem. During real-time computing of applications, fragmentation levels can reach as high as 99%, and may lead to system crashes or other instabilities
Fragmentation_(computing)
Resilience of systems to component failures or errors
; Treleaven, P. C. (June 1978). "Reliability Issues in Computing System Design". ACM Computing Surveys. 10 (2): 123–165. doi:10.1145/356725.356729. ISSN 0360-0300
Fault_tolerance
1984 video game
"Cosmic Cruiser review". Crash. 6: 51. July 1984. "Cosmic Cruiser review". Home Computing Weekly: 24. April 1984. Cosmic Cruiser at SpectrumComputing.co.uk
Cosmic_Cruiser
Computer control of machine tools
will involve a crash. Although such simulation is not new, its accuracy and market penetration are changing considerably because of computing advancements
Computer_numerical_control
Topics referred to by the same term
album), 2026 Aurora, a 2009 album by Avishai Cohen Aurora, a 1995 album by Crash Vegas Aurora, a 2013 album by Joey Moe Aurora, a 2021 album by Humbe Aurora
Aurora_(disambiguation)
Class of tests going beyond standard operation conditions
quantifying energy production, oxygen uptake, or blood chemistry regimes. In computing, stress testing (sometimes called torture testing) can be applied to either
Stress_testing
Fault in a computer system that presents different symptoms to different observers
Fault Tolerant Computing at the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, 1955–85". The Evolution of Fault-Tolerant Computing. Dependable Computing and Fault-Tolerant
Byzantine_fault
Electronic systems that help a vehicle driver while driving or parking
According to the national crash database in the US, forward collision prevention systems have the potential to reduce crashes by 29%. Similarly, lane keeping
Advanced driver-assistance system
Advanced_driver-assistance_system
Elapsed time before a specified event is to take place
period). This ensures that connections do not persist forever, if the client crashes or the network goes down. Open connections consume resources, and may prevent
Timeout_(computing)
1984 video game
out that it only takes a few games to complete all 20 chambers. Home Computing Weekly praised the graphics and movement. In a 1990 retrospective, Your
Bruce_Lee_(video_game)
1985 video game
The game's difficulty was a common complaint. Computer Gamer, Crash, and ZX Computing commented that playing the game with limited lives was very challenging
Cauldron_(video_game)
in a specific topic of computing. Amiga Action (United Kingdom) (discontinued) Amiga Addict (United Kingdom) Amiga Computing (United Kingdom, United
List_of_computer_magazines
net animation episodes, titled Steins;Gate: Sōmei Eichi no Cognitive Computing, have also been produced in collaboration with IBM. On December 2, 2015
List_of_Steins;Gate_episodes
Report on the impact of artificial intelligence on humanity's future
go as high 10.2% and the S&P 500 goes for a massive 38% peak-to-trough crash. In contrast to the previous technological revolutions the high-earning
The 2028 Global Intelligence Crisis
The_2028_Global_Intelligence_Crisis
1983 video game
joined Crash's team of young reviewers for adventure games, and also helped launch an Adventurer's Help Line. Crash Games Computing Home Computing Weekly
Quest_Adventure
Award in theoretical computer science
computing". It was instituted in 1996, in memory of Paris C. Kanellakis, a computer scientist who died with his immediate family in an airplane crash
Paris_Kanellakis_Award
Specialized electronic circuit that accelerates graphics
generalized computing devices. Parallel GPUs are making computational inroads against the CPU, and a subfield of research, dubbed GPU computing or GPGPU
Graphics_processing_unit
1984 video game
review scores of five out of five stars from Home Computing Weekly and 7/10 from Crash. Home Computing Weekly gave it its "1984 Hi-Score" award in the category
Blade_the_Warrior
American computer company, 1982–2010
evolution of several key computing technologies, among them Unix, RISC processors, thin client computing, and virtualized computing. At its height, Sun's
Sun_Microsystems
Former UK video game label
2". Spectrum Computing. Retrieved 16 July 2021. "Popeye 3". Spectrum Computing. Retrieved 16 July 2021. "Gregory Loses His Clock". Crash. No. 69. Newsfield
Piranha_Software
2015 video game
reconnecting. At this point, the player can decide whether to crash the plane Kaguya asked them to, crash both planes, or save them. By downloading the second
Hacknet
American video game developer (born 1987)
rape threats, and death threats. The following year, Quinn co-founded Crash Override, a crisis hotline and resource center for victims of online harassment
Zoë_Quinn
1985 video game
p. 42. Retrieved 4 October 2023. Alien 8 at Ultimate Wurlde Alien 8 at SpectrumComputing.co.uk Alien 8 at MobyGames Alien 8 review at CRASH magazine
Alien_8
1987 video game
issues involving the controls and scrolling. Stuart C. Russell of Amiga Computing praised the sound and the two-player option, but was critical of the graphics
The Real Ghostbusters (1987 video game)
The_Real_Ghostbusters_(1987_video_game)
CRASH COMPUTING
CRASH COMPUTING
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Crass.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English, Latin
Wealthy Man; Vain; Diminutive of Caspar
Boy/Male
Indian
Bright, Hero, Truthfulness, Dominion, Crown
Boy/Male
Muslim
Bright, Hero, Truthfulness, Dominion, Crown
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Ash; the name arose as the result of misdivision of Middle English atter ashe ‘at the ash tree’ (Old English æt þǣre æsce).Jewish : of uncertain origin; the Guggenheimers consider it to be a variant of Rasch 1.Americanized spelling of German and Jewish Rasch.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old French papillon ‘butterfly’ (Latin papilio), possibly applied as a nickname for a rash or inconstant person.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, English, Welsh
Enthusiasm; Rash; Ardent; Fiery; Zealous
Boy/Male
English American
Friend. Famous Bearer: American early rock star who died young in a tragic plane crash.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname probably for a tenant whose feudal obligations included a regular payment in cash or kind (for example bread or salt) of a halfpenny.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Wealth; Cash
Boy/Male
Afghan, Arabic, Indian, Iranian, Muslim, Parsi
A Hero; A Hero in Persian Folklore
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Crass.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Old French, Middle English cras ‘big’, ‘fat’ (Latin crassus).Possibly an altered spelling of German Krass.
Boy/Male
English
Friend. Famous Bearer: American early rock star who died young in a tragic plane crash.
Boy/Male
English American Latin
Wealthy man.
Male
Swedish
Swedish variant spelling of Scandinavian Torgny, THORGNY means "Thor's clash"Â or "thunder clash."
Boy/Male
English American
Friend. Famous Bearer: American early rock star who died young in a tragic plane crash.
Surname or Lastname
English (East Anglia)
English (East Anglia) : nickname for a lusty man, from Middle English craske ‘fat’, ‘lusty’ (see Crass).
Male
Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of Icelandic Þorgnýr, TORGNY means "Thor's clash" or "thunder clash."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Case.Americanized spelling of German Kirch or Kirsch.
CRASH COMPUTING
CRASH COMPUTING
Boy/Male
Tamil
Water
Female
English
English short form of Latin Cassandra, CASS means "she who entangles men."Â
Boy/Male
Arabic, Australian
Holding High
Surname or Lastname
English, of Welsh origin
English, of Welsh origin : variant of Blevins.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Forehead, Intelligence
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Impression; Mark; Beauty
Boy/Male
English Scottish
Surname.'beloved.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the various places so called, in Dorset, Herefordshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, and Worcestershire. These are named from Old French cyne- ‘royal’ (replaced by Old English cyning ‘king’) + tūn ‘settlement’.
Boy/Male
English
From the Cattle Crossing
Male
Native American
Native American Navajo name TSIISHCHILI means "curly-haired."
CRASH COMPUTING
CRASH COMPUTING
CRASH COMPUTING
CRASH COMPUTING
CRASH COMPUTING
n.
Immediate or prompt payment in current funds; as, to sell goods for cash; to make a reduction in price for cash.
superl.
Esp., overhasty in counsel or action; precipitate; resolving or entering on a project or measure without due deliberation and caution; opposed to prudent; said of persons; as, a rash statesman or commander.
n.
A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
v. t.
To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass; as, to crush grapes.
v. t.
To pay, or to receive, cash for; to exchange for money; as, cash a note or an order.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Crash
v. t.
To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop, as to trash the rattoons of sugar cane.
superl.
Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little reflection; as, rash words; rash measures.
n.
See Water brash, under Brash.
n.
Noise; clatter; crash.
v. t.
To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush.
imp. & p. p.
of Crash
v. t.
To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See Crase.
n.
A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
n.
Violent pressure, as of a crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a peception.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Trash
v. t.
To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz.
v. t.
To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously.