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1. A state in which a program has come to an unexpected halt, e.g. because it is trying to read data from a device that is not connected to the processor.
2. In the context of time-sharing systems, the signal received by the program when a remote terminal breaks its connection (“hangs up the telephone”).
1. A state in which a program has come to an unexpected halt, e.g. because it is trying to read data from a device that is not connected to the processor.
2. In the context of time-sharing systems, the signal received by the program when a remote terminal breaks its connection (“hangs up the telephone”).
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