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  2. Blue screen of death - Wikipedia

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    Blue screen errors have existed since the first beta release of Windows 1.0; if Windows found a newer DOS version than it expected, the boot screen would have the text "Incorrect DOS version" alongside other messages detailing what check failed to pass appended into it before starting normally. [4]

  3. Hard disk drive failure - Wikipedia

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    Data from a failed drive can sometimes be partially or totally recovered if the platters' magnetic coating is not totally destroyed. Specialized companies carry out data recovery, at significant cost. It may be possible to recover data by opening the drives in a clean room and using appropriate equipment to replace or revitalize failed ...

  4. Catastrophic failure - Wikipedia

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    A catastrophic failure is a sudden and total failure from which recovery is impossible. Catastrophic failures often lead to cascading systems failure.The term is most commonly used for structural failures, but has often been extended to many other disciplines in which total and irrecoverable loss occurs, such as a head crash occurrence on a hard disk drive.

  5. What Really Happens to Deleted Files on Your Devices? - AOL

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    We’ve all been there - you’re going through cleaning up your computer, feeling great, and months down the road you realized you may have accidentally deleted an important file or photo.

  6. Failure of electronic components - Wikipedia

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    Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is a subclass of electrical overstress and may cause immediate device failure, permanent parameter shifts and latent damage causing increased degradation rate. It has at least one of three components, localized heat generation, high current density and high electric field gradient; prolonged presence of currents of ...

  7. Safety-critical system - Wikipedia

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    loss or severe damage to equipment/property; environmental harm; A safety-related system (or sometimes safety-involved system) comprises everything (hardware, software, and human aspects) needed to perform one or more safety functions, in which failure would cause a significant increase in the safety risk for the people or environment involved. [5]

  8. Reputational damage - Wikipedia

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    Reputational damage is the loss to financial capital, social capital and/or market share resulting from damage to an organization's reputation. This is often measured in lost revenue , increased operating, capital or regulatory costs, or destruction of shareholder value . [ 1 ]

  9. Negligence - Wikipedia

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    [a] Because Palsgraf was hurt by the falling scales, she sued the train company who employed the conductor for negligence. [b] The defendant train company argued it should not be liable as a matter of law, because despite the fact that they employed the employee, who was negligent, his negligence was too remote from the plaintiff's injury.