crash to desktop

Definitions

1. 1

   An event where a software program running on a computer with an operating system that…

   An event where a software program running on a computer with an operating system that features a graphical desktop unexpectedly terminates without showing any error or halting of the system, and instead returns the user to the desktop.

   • Five months in the making, this latest effort goes a long way in fixing various avionics, campaign, AI, multiplayer and crash-to-desktop issues (see the patch on this month's demo disk).
   • The only force more powerful than the nuclear bunker-buster is the crash to desktop.
   • You're right in the middle of a thrilling fight with the bad guy and then what happens? A crash to desktop (CTD).
2. 2

   To experience such an error.

   • Finally, as if that wasn't punishment enough, the game crashed to desktop several times during my tests.
   • Despite extensive planning and countless rounds of testing, we found out (much too late) to our chagrin that the game would “crash to desktop” on certain computers.

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