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Application crashes

An application typically crashes when it performs an operation that is not allowed by the operating system. The operating system then triggers an exception or signal in the application. Unix applications traditionally responded to the signal by dumping core. Most Windows and Unix GUI applications respond by displaying a dialogue box (such as the one shown in the accompanying image on the right) with the option to attach a debugger if one is installed. Some applications attempt to recover from the error and continue running instead of exiting.