The phrase "a software malfunction" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to an error or failure in a software program or system.
Example: "The system crashed due to a software malfunction that occurred during the update."
Alternatives: "a software error" or "a software bug."
These setbacks can be more difficult to recover from than a software malfunction.
The problem involved a software malfunction at the bureau's facility in Clarksburg, W. Va., and was not a result of computer hacking, Mr. Fischer said.
Knight's stock is down 70 percent since last Tuesday, the day before a software malfunction caused its computer systems to send erroneous orders flooding into the market.
On June 3, in 2002, the company's stock was suspiciously trading at 14 cents, after a software malfunction misread a Knight trader's order.
Officials in her office have said, for example, that she believes Florida law permits recounts only when there is a counting error, like a software malfunction, in voting machinery.
"In Europe, they say, 'Yeah, we need our own room.' " After her upset win, Scarlett draped herself in a Canadian flag handed to her from the crowd, but she lost in the semifinals, in a match interrupted by a software malfunction, pro gaming's version of a rain delay.
Cleaning such files is safe and won't cause any software malfunction.
Investigators have also concluded that because of a computer software malfunction, an emergency backup for the hydraulic system did not work.
Legal gun sales around the nation came to a halt after a computer software malfunction at the Federal Bureau of Investigation prevented instant background checks of prospective buyers, officials said today.
Getco, a privately held company, released its financial results for the first time as part of its impending purchase of Knight Capital Group, the trading firm that suffered a debilitating software malfunction last August.
That translates to the ability to use the wireless network to update and repair any software malfunctions in the phone much like updating a PC's operating system via the Internet.
