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例外状態 (れいがいじょうたい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

例れい外がい状じょう態たい

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Meanings

1

exception condition

Computing term for a state where an exception has occurred, such as an error or interrupt, requiring special handling.

プログラムが例れい外がい状じょう態たいになったため、強

きょう

制せい

終しゅう

了りょう

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まし

た

。

The program entered an exception condition and was forcibly terminated.

Kanji

例example, custom, usage
外outside
状status quo, conditions, circumstances
態attitude, condition, figure

Related words

例れい外がい
例外 means 'exception' in a general sense, while 例外状態 specifically refers to a technical state in computing where an exception has been raised.
エラー状じょう態たい
エラー状態 is a broader term for 'error state', whereas 例外状態 is more specific to exception handling in programming.

Built from

例れい外がい+状じょう態たい

Etymology

Compound of 例外 (exception) and 状態 (state), likely a calque from English 'exception condition' used in computing contexts.