フリーズ

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フリーズする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

freezing; turning into ice

General physical freezing, such as water turning to ice or food being frozen.

freezing; locking up

Computing term: a program or system stops responding.

freezing in one's tracks

Figurative use: a person suddenly stops moving, often from shock or fear.

frieze

Architectural term: the horizontal band between the architrave and cornice.

〈物もの〉がフリーズするfor a device or program to freeze (stop responding)
パソコンが突とつ然ぜんフリーズした。
My computer suddenly froze.
〈人ひと〉がフリーズするfor a person to freeze in place from shock or fear
彼かれは驚おどろいてその場ばでフリーズした。
He froze on the spot in surprise.
〈物もの〉をフリーズさせるto freeze something (e.g. food)
食しょく材ざいを急きゅう速そくにフリーズさせる。
They rapidly freeze the ingredients.
フリーズが解かい除じょされるfor a system freeze to be released/resolved
フリーズが解かい除じょされて、パソコンが元もとに戻もどった。
The freeze cleared and the computer went back to normal.

凍とう結けつN1sense 1
凍結 is the formal, technical term for freezing (e.g. of assets or accounts), while フリーズ is the casual loanword used for physical or computer freezing.
ハングアップ sense 2
ハングアップ is a more technical computing term for a system stopping, whereas フリーズ is the everyday casual word for the same event.
固かたまるN2sense 3
固まる is a native verb meaning to stiffen or freeze up (often from shock), while フリーズ is the loanword equivalent used the same way.
硬こう直ちょく sense 3
硬直 is a more formal, often physiological term for the body freezing stiff, while フリーズ is the casual way to describe freezing from shock.

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ハング
フリーズ is the more common, casual word for a computer or app freezing, while ハング sounds more technical but describes the same frozen state.
クラッシュ
フリーズ means the system becomes unresponsive but is still running, whereas クラッシュ means it has actually stopped or failed.

解かい凍とう sense 1
解凍 means to thaw or unfreeze, the direct opposite of フリーズ when it refers to something turning to ice.

Borrowed from English 'freeze' and 'frieze'. The computing and figurative senses are extensions of the English 'freeze' meaning.