crashing to desktop

A form of crash to desktop — 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.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of crash to desktop
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APA

crashing to desktop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crashing%20to%20desktop

MLA

“crashing to desktop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crashing%20to%20desktop. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crashing to desktop,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crashing%20to%20desktop.

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