segmentation fault
fault, or failure condition, raised by hardware with memory protection, notifying an operating system the software has attempted to access a restricted area of memory
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segmentation fault
Summary
segmentation fault ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (394 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- segmentation fault's image is recorded as KDE Crash Handler screenshot.png[2].
- segmentation fault's subclass of is recorded as trap[3].
- segmentation fault's subclass of is recorded as software problem[4].
- segmentation fault's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0746c[5].
- segmentation fault's has cause is recorded as software bug[6].
- segmentation fault's facet of is recorded as memory protection[7].
- segmentation fault's facet of is recorded as memory safety[8].
- segmentation fault's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/sigsegv[9].
- segmentation fault's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/access-violation[10].
- segmentation fault's has effect is recorded as SIGSEGV[11].
- segmentation fault's Quora topic ID is recorded as Segmentation-Fault-1[12].
- segmentation fault's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 6361074[13].
- segmentation fault's FOLDOC ID is recorded as segmentation+fault[14].
Why It Matters
segmentation fault ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (394 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]