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[-] daychilde@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago
[-] bss03@infosec.pub 2 points 7 hours ago

fault v. error v. failure

In common language they can be synonyms, but often aren't in places (like computing) where there's a useful difference. A page fault isn't an error; a handled error doesn't result in a failure; fault-tolerant systems fail less often than their components fault.

this post was submitted on 14 Nov 2026
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