Error

Term used to describe any issue that arises unexpectedly causing the program not to function properly or to close. Software errors are commonly resolved with software updates or patches. Below listing of the different errors a computer may encounter, clicking on any of the below links will give you additional information about that error.

Abend Access denied Blue Screen of Death BSoD Critical error Drop in Drop out Fatal exception File not found General Protection Fault

GPF Guru Meditation Hard error Hardware conflict Illegal operation Inherent error Intermittent error Machine error Overflow error Page fault

Propagated error Read error Recoverable error Runtime error Sad Mac Soft error System error Time out Unrecoverable error User error

• Commonly experienced computer errors and basic troubleshooting steps.
• Why do computers get problems?
• MS-DOS and Windows command line errors.

Also see: Artifact, Bug, Crash, Debugging, Error Code, Error control, Error rate, Errorlevel, Fad, Failure, Fault, Glitch, Invalid, Panic, Problem, Programming definitions

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