breakdown
damage or breakage event that compromises the functioning of a system or a machine
malfunction
failure of a parachuting device
split-brain
concept in computing
paper jam
breakdown
fault
abnormal condition or defect at the component, equipment, or sub-system level which may lead to an equipment failure
vehicle breakdown
mechanical failure
hang
computer software failure mode in which a process makes no progress and stops responding to input
iodine pit
problem in nuclear reactor start-up
system crash
abnormal situation when a computer program such as a software application or an operating system stops functioning properly and exits
Timing failure
failure of a process, or part of a process, in a synchronous distributed system or real-time system to meet limits set on execution time, message delivery, clock drift rate, or clock skew