title: Fault
text: # Fault
  
  Fault commonly refers to:
  
  * Fault (geology), planar rock fractures showing evidence of relative movement
  * Fault (law), blameworthiness or responsibility
  
  Fault(s) may also refer to:
  
  ## Arts, entertainment, and media
  
  * "Fault", a song by Taproot from Welcome
  * Faults (film), 2014
  
  ## Science and technology
  
  * Fault (computing), also called a trap or an exception, a type of interrupt in software or operating systems
  * Fault (technology), an abnormal condition or defect that may lead to a failure
  * Electrical fault, an abnormal current
  
  ## Sport and competition
  
  * Fault (breeding), an undesirable aspect of structure or appearance of an animal
  * Fault, in pickleball, any infringement of the rules by a player
  * Fault, in show jumping, a penalty
  * Fault, in tennis jargon, a serve that fails to place a tennis ball in the correct area of play
  