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  2. Link rot - Wikipedia

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    dynamic page content such as search results that changes by design; deletion of the target page and/or its content; the presence of user-specific information (such as a login name) within the link; deliberate blocking by content filters or firewalls; the expiration of a domain name registration

  3. Retransmission (data networks) - Wikipedia

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    Retransmission, essentially identical with automatic repeat request (ARQ), is the resending of packets which have been either damaged or lost. Retransmission is one of the basic mechanisms used by protocols operating over a packet switched computer network to provide reliable communication (such as that provided by a reliable byte stream, for example TCP).

  4. Internet outage - Wikipedia

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    A government internet blackout is the deliberate shut down of civilian internet access by a government for a small area or many large areas of its country. Such a shut down is typically used as a means of information control in a brief period of upheaval or transition.

  5. Packet loss - Wikipedia

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    Packet loss occurs when one or more packets of data travelling across a computer network fail to reach their destination. Packet loss is either caused by errors in data transmission, typically across wireless networks, [1] [2] or network congestion. [3]: 36 Packet loss is measured as a percentage of packets lost with respect to packets sent.

  6. Journaling file system - Wikipedia

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    A logical journal stores only changes to file metadata in the journal, and trades fault tolerance for substantially better write performance. [9] A file system with a logical journal still recovers quickly after a crash, but may allow unjournaled file data and journaled metadata to fall out of sync with each other, causing data corruption.

  7. Lost jewels and top-secret data potentially sit in the sunken ...

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    This past August, the late British tech millionaire Mike Lynch’s yacht sank during a storm as he celebrated his acquittal from a years-long fraud trial.. Gathering close family and friends ...

  8. 2024 CrowdStrike-related IT outages - Wikipedia

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    On 19 July at 04:09 UTC, CrowdStrike distributed a faulty configuration update for its Falcon sensor software running on Windows PCs and servers. A modification to a configuration file which was responsible for screening named pipes, Channel File 291, caused an out-of-bounds memory read [14] in the Windows sensor client that resulted in an invalid page fault.

  9. Data loss - Wikipedia

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    Upon realizing data loss has occurred, it is often best to shut down the computer and remove the drive in question from the unit. Re-attach this drive to a secondary computer with a write blocker device and then attempt to recover lost data. If possible, create an image of the drive in order to establish a secondary copy of the data.