# segmentation fault

> fault, or failure condition, raised by hardware with memory protection, notifying an operating system the software has attempted to access a restricted area of memory

**Wikidata**: [Q1062340](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1062340)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segmentation_fault)  
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## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013