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{{Distinguish|fatal system error}}
In [[computing]], a '''fatal error''' or '''fatal exception error''' is an [[error]] that causes a program to abort and may therefore return the user to the [[operating system]]. When this happens, data that the program was processing may be lost. A fatal error is usually distinguished from a [[fatal system error]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/F/fatal_error.html|title=Fatal error|publisher=Webopedia}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/S/stop_error.html|title=Stop error|publisher=Webopedia}}</ref> (colloquially referred to by the error message it produces as a "[[Stop error screen|blue screen of death]]"). A fatal error occurs typically in any of the following cases:
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