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  2. Crash-only software - Wikipedia

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    Correctly written components of crash-only software can microreboot to a known-good state without the help of a user. Since failure-handling and normal startup use the same methods, this can increase the chance that bugs in failure-handling code will be noticed, [ clarification needed ] except when there are leftover artifacts, such as data ...

  3. Power-on self-test - Wikipedia

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    Macs made after 1987 but prior to 1998, upon failing the POST, will immediately halt with a "death chime", which is a sound that varies by model; it can be a simple beep, a car crash sound, the sound of shattering glass, a short musical tone, or more. On the screen, if working, will be the Sad Mac icon, along with two hexadecimal strings, which ...

  4. My tech startup failed due to 3 mistaken assumptions ... - AOL

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    The failure of Viblio wasn’t about execution, it was about business assumptions that led us astray. My tech startup failed due to 3 mistaken assumptions—entrepreneurs take note Skip to main ...

  5. Crash (computing) - Wikipedia

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    In computing, a crash, or system crash, occurs when a computer program such as a software application or an operating system stops functioning properly and exits. On some operating systems or individual applications, a crash reporting service will report the crash and any details relating to it (or give the user the option to do so), usually to ...

  6. Blue screen of death - Wikipedia

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    This is not a crash screen, however; upon crashing, Windows 1.0 would simply lock up or exit to DOS. This behavior is also present in Windows 2.0 and Windows 2.1. Windows 3.0 uses a text-mode screen for displaying important system messages, usually from digital device drivers in 386 Enhanced Mode or other situations where a program could not run.

  7. Kernel panic - Wikipedia

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    The basic assumption is that the hardware and the software should perform correctly and a failure of an assertion results in a panic, i.e. a voluntary halt to all system activity. [5] The kernel panic was introduced in an early version of Unix and demonstrated a major difference between the design philosophies of Unix and its predecessor Multics .

  8. Macintosh startup - Wikipedia

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    The startup chime in the first three Macintosh models is a simple square-wave "beep" programmed by Andy Hertzfeld, utilizing the computers' onboard MOS 6522 VIA chip. [10] All subsequent sounds after it are various chords.

  9. BIOS - Wikipedia

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    In computing, BIOS (/ ˈ b aɪ ɒ s,-oʊ s /, BY-oss, -⁠ohss; Basic Input/Output System, also known as the System BIOS, ROM BIOS, BIOS ROM or PC BIOS) is a type of firmware used to provide runtime services for operating systems and programs and to perform hardware initialization during the booting process (power-on startup). [1]