Sentence examples for kernel panic from inspiring English sources
noun
On Unix-derived operating systems, an action taken by the operating system when it cannot recover from a fatal error.
Apple has a list of detailed suggestions for troubleshooting a kernel panic on its site.
That type of crash is called a "kernel panic" and it occurs when the computer's operating system encounters a major error.
After a kernel panic, Apple advises starting the Mac up in Safe Mode by holding down the Shift key as the Mac restarts.
If the Mac had a kernel panic just once and seems fine after a reboot, the crash may have resulted from a random glitch.
In fact, the last time I saw a kernel panic was at a computer lab in school in 2005.
Network and hardware issues have been known to cause kernel panics.
Try to get as much information about what you were doing when the crash occurred, as sometimes kernel panics can be linked to certain tasks or external devices connected to the computer.
My MacBook Pro randomly kernel panics overnight and restarts.
When the recipient's phone started processing it for preview, the device would start doing all sorts of weird things — from freezing, to home screen crashes, to kernel panics.
This will resolve any errors contained to a VM (stack overflows, kernel panics etc) but will do little to resolve an error trigged by external phenomenon or an error that continuously reoccurs.
