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"Crash" is a very subjective term when used in the context of computers. A crash can be a relatively minor problem, or it can be catastrophic. There was a time when "crash" literally meant that the read/write head of the hard drive had physically crashed into the platters that store the data rendering the hard drive useless. This is a very infrequent occurance now that hard drives are built to avoid such problems. Hard drives do still experience crashes from time to time, but usually the problem is something aside from the heads coming into contact with the storage media. Aside from hard drive crashes, there are software crashes too. Software crashes are typically easy (by comparison) to solve. Any time your computer locks up or reboots unexpectedly after giving you an error message, this can be referred to as a crash. It might not be technically accurate, but most computer people will know what you are talking about anyway.

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