Error Glossary

Browse 4 error terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

4 Error Terms

404

404 is the HTTP status code that means Not Found, returned by a web server when the requested resource does not exist at the specified URL. It is one of the...

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...

Stack Overflow

1. A runtime error that occurs when a program's call stack exceeds its allocated size, typically from infinite or excessively deep recursion. 2. The Q&A...

StackOverflowException

The runtime error thrown when the call stack exceeds its limit, almost always caused by infinite recursion. The error that gave the website its name and gives...

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