Computer Failure
The term catastrophic failure is occasionally used in computer software to indicate an unexpected error from which the system cannot meaningfully recover. This usually results in a screen of death. This however, is likely to be recovered by a simple pressing of the reset button, unlike most of the examples above. Under some circumstances the hard drive itself can experience a catastrophic failure resulting in physical damage, and in some circumstances may not be recoverable or only so by highly specialized technicians.
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