Crash - Sudden Events

Sudden Events

  • Collision, an impact between two moving objects
    • Traffic collision, also known as a car crash
    • Aviation accidents and incidents, airplane crash
  • Crash (computing), a condition where a program ceases to respond
    • Head crash, in which a hard disk drive's read-write head physically collides with the disk
  • Stock market crash, a sudden dramatic decline of stock prices
  • Cardiac arrest, a medical condition in which the heart stops beating

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Famous quotes containing the words sudden and/or events:

    “A good intention clothes itself with sudden power. When a god wishes to ride, any chip or pebble will bud and shoot out winged feet and serve him for a horse.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “All strange and terrible events are welcome,
    But comforts we despise.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)