Application Crash and Seg fault

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Do these two [App crash and segfault] terms refer to the same phenomenon? Or is it that SegFault is just one of the reason for Application crash.

I searched thr stackoverflow however did not get a clear answer. one relevant post is here. Common Causes of Operating System Crashes

A seg fault is just one of many ways that an application can "crash". — Paul R, Jul 05 '13 at 11:39
The list will be somewhat dependent on CPU architecture and choice of operating system. — Paul R, Jul 05 '13 at 12:16

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 05 '13 at 11:39

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Dividing by zero is a reason an application can crash, but it's not a segmentation fault. And if you catch and repair a segmentation fault, it won't cause the application to crash.

answered Jul 05 '13 at 11:39

David Schwartz

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Thanks David. This cleared my confusion. Is there any other reason for a crash? – Jack Jul 05 '13 at 11:44
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There are tons of reasons for crashes. An assertion is one -- where the code encounters a condition the programmer told it should cause it to crash. Also, executing an illegal instruction, a floating point exception, division by zero, stack overflow, attempting direct I/O without appropriate privileges, and so on. – David Schwartz Jul 05 '13 at 11:47

Application Crash and Seg fault

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