To put it in one sentence: A computer can crash due to faulty hardware. We'll start with the hardware part of the problem - read the next page to find out about it. Okay, let's list the two major categories of crashes:Īnd without further ado, let's investigate each one of them.
Fortunately, due to the high predictability of computer chips (they tend to repeat what they did before with more accuracy than, say, people), once the tower's up, it's kind of hard to make it topple.
You see, having a computer up and running is (at least for Intel x86-based computers, also known as PCs) practically a miracle of modern technology: layers and layers of (mostly legacy) tech piled atop each other, starting from the computer hardware, passing through the BIOS, into the operating system and running applications. So what causes computer crashes? On a single computer system (and most computer systems are as different between each other as snowflakes), there can be a gazillion latent reasons for crashes, as well as different types of crashes. In the computing world, the term "stability" is used (by analogy, and rather liberally) to any situation involving a computer crash (or "downfall").
The term "stability" is related to the physical properties of an object, meaning "it won't tip or fall down". "Computer stability" is somewhat of a misnomer. Does your computer crash? Do you want to know why? Here's a guide which will help you understand why this happens, and (hopefully) lead you on to a better computing experience.
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