What is Critical error?
{{Orphan|date=December 2010}} A critical error is an [[error]] which the [[OS]] cannot reasonably ignore so as to respond again. In Windows, the critical error is often linked with a [[BSOD]].<ref>The [[BSOD]].</ref> These errors are known also as [[system failure]]. However, not all types of OS failure are critical errors. [[Computer freezing|Freezing]] or [[Deadlocking|deadlock]] are ''NOT'' usually considered '''critical'''. Critical errors can lead to [[error avalanches]] also.<ref>What causes [[error avalanches]]?</ref> ==Freezeup== {{Main|Computer freezing}} ==Deadlock== {{Main|Deadlocking}} ==Other failure== {{Main|System failure}} ==Related pages== * [[BSOD]] * [[Fatal error]] ==References== {{Reflist|2}} [[Category:Operating systems]]