Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun head_crash

1 sense of head crash

Sense 1
head crash -- ((computer science) a crash of a read/write head in a hard disk drive (usually caused by contact of the head with the surface of the magnetic disk))
       => crash -- ((computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative; "the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since")