Crash Glossary

Browse 3 crash terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

3 Crash Terms

Blue Screen of Death: The iconic blue error screen displayed by Microsoft Windows when the operating system encounters a fatal kernel-level error (bug check / STOP error) from which...
BSOD: Short for Blue Screen of Death, the Windows crash screen shown after a fatal system error or kernel-level failure. It became a cultural shorthand for...
Segfault: Segfault, short for segmentation fault, is a runtime error that occurs when a program attempts to access memory that it is not allowed to, such as reading from...