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segmentation fault

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An error in which a running Unix program attempts to access memory not allocated to it and terminates with a segmentation violation error and usually a core dump.

[Jargon File]

(1994-12-15)

Nearby terms: segment « segmentation « segmentation and reassembly « segmentation fault » segmented address space » segv » SEI

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