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kernel panic

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Noun

kernel panic (plural kernel panics)

(computing) On Unix-derived operating systems, an action taken by the operating system when it cannot recover from a fatal error. The system halts, displays an error, and dumps kernel memory to disk.
Synonym: panic
- 2005, Karl Kopper, The Linux Enterprise Cluster, No Starch Press, →ISBN, page 178:
  If the timer doesn't get updated, watchdog will notice and force a kernel panic.

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Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Japanese: カーネルパニック (kāneru panikku)
Korean: 커널 패닉 (keoneol paenik)
Polish: kernel panic m

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