hard crash

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When a program stops running completely and unexpectedly, often due to external events, e.g. the CPU overheating or an unrecoverable memory error.

See also disk crash.

Last updated: 2009-07-01

Nearby terms:

hard-coded ♦ hardcopy ♦ hard crash ♦ hard disk ♦ hard disk drive ♦ hard drive

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