"page fault" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: page faults [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} page fault (plural page faults)
  1. (computing) An alert (such as an interrupt or exception) indicating that a page of memory was accessed without being loaded. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-page_fault-en-noun-YxdY9s1E Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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