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double_fault

double fault

See also: double-fault

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Noun

double fault (plural double faults)

  1. (tennis) The missing of both the first serve and second serve, resulting in a point for the receiver.
  2. (computing) An exception thrown by the CPU while trying to call the handler of another exception (e.g. the exception handler is invalid or the call stack has overflowed).

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