kernel panic
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Noun
- {{lb|en|computing}} On [[Unix]]-[[derived#Adjective|derived]] [[operating system]]s, an [[action#Noun|action]] [[take#Verb|taken]] by the [[operating system]] when it cannot [[recover]] from a [[fatal]] [[error]], where the [[system]] [[halt]]s, [[display]]s an [[error]], and [[dump]]s [[kernel]] [[memory]] to [[disk]].
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