Fault

Fault may refer to:

  • Fault (geology), planar rock fractures which show evidence of relative movement
  • Fault (dog), in dog breeding, is an undesirable aspect of structure or appearance that indicates the dog should not be bred
  • Fault (legal), in criminal law, one must determine fault in a crime
  • Fault (technology), an abnormal condition or defect at the component, equipment, or sub-system level which may lead to a failure
  • Fault (tennis), a serve that fails to place a tennis ball in the correct area of play
  • Fault (power engineering), an unintended electrical connection, a "short circuit", may be an asymmetric or a symmetric fault
  • Fault (computing), a type of interrupt in software or operating systems
  • A penalty in show jumping applied in scoring horse and rider performance

Famous quotes containing the word fault:

    “For support, I fall back on my heart. Has a man any fault a woman cannot weave with and try to change into something better, if the god her man prays to is a mother holding a baby?”
    —Haniel Long (1888–1956)

    “People who think they’re generous to a fault usually think that’s their only fault.”
    —Sydney J. Harris (b. 1917)

    “If you give me your attention, I will tell you what I am:
    I’m a genuine philanthropist—all other kinds are sham.
    Each little fault of temper and each social defect
    In my erring fellow creatures, I endeavor to correct.”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)