The phrase "a computer crash" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where a computer stops functioning properly, often resulting in the loss of unsaved data.
Example: "After the unexpected power outage, I experienced a computer crash that caused me to lose several hours of work."
Alternatives: "system failure" or "computer malfunction".
The vote-counters announced a computer crash.
On April 5th the exchange was closed for almost eight hours, due to a computer crash.
A computer crash meant that vital treatment instructions were not saved.
In particular, the "restore" feature allows "disaster recovery" to restore lost files in the event of a computer crash.
The voting itself, most of it online and some of it in advance, dragged on through 12 hours, four rounds and a computer crash.
The London Ambulance Service (LAS) has said that a computer crash on 8 June forced staff to revert to pen and paper to record calls from the public.
This is often rolled out when something truly terrible has gone wrong, perhaps by someone smug and homeward bound when you have been forced to cancel dinner plans because a computer crashed.
Tucked away in the second half was the bombshell that e-mails sent by Ms Lerner during the two years under scrutiny had been lost when a computer crashed, and that the back-up tapes had already been "recycled".On Tuesday it emerged that the e-mail records of six other IRS officials whose role is under scrutiny had also been lost.
This isn't just about having someone to call when a computer crashes - though that is certainly helpful - it also ensures that you have someone whose job is to disable user accounts when an individual leaves the company, ensure that you have the right backups in place onsite and in the cloud, and keep all of your malware and antivirus protection up to date.
"It's like the blue screen of death," she said, describing her difficulty conveying her emotion with a widely used term for a Windows computer crash.
A games computer crash caused by shops overstocking the products, lacklustre demand for the business-focused Sinclair QL computer and Sinclair Research's misadventure with the ill-fated C5 electric vehicle all contributed to the downfall of the Spectrum.
