What is Computer freezing?
Many modern [[computer]]s have [[operating system]]s that permit several applications or programs to run at the same time. Each running program uses one or more so-called ''processes'', that's why this situation is generally known as [[multiprocessing]]. At times it can happen, that a process stops responding to user input; the user sees when the computer stops responding to inputs, or it becomes very slow. Different causes can cause this scenario: The most frequent are [[deadlock]], [[race condition]]s or the system simply having too much to do. In many cases, the only solution is to terminate the processes, which cause so much load. Many [[Graphical user interfaces and consoles|GUI-]]<nowiki/>based operating systems have programs that allow the user to tell the operating system to terminate a process. There may also be [[command-line]] programs that do this. When the operating system terminates a process, all unsaved [[data]] of the process will be lost. In the case where the operating system detects such a situation, it may show a [[BSoD]]. {{Tech-stub}} [[Category:Computers]]