system crash

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Imagine that you’re a senior software engineer debugging a system crash.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

Ty Anis, a defense attorney representing Mercado’s brother, said the Sheriff’s Department’s failure to have a backup plan in the event of a system crash was tantamount to an illegal detention.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2022

“While Committee staff never witnessed a ‘blue screen of death,’ ” the letter said, “they did witness the system crash no fewer than five times in a 10 minute period.”

From Washington Times • Nov. 20, 2018

The border agency said that there was “no indication” of malice involved in the system crash.

From Time • Jan. 3, 2017

That morning, South Park Studios suffered a system crash, and the episode’s audio went missing for an hour and a half.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2016