Related:

• fall over vi. [IBM] Yet another synonym for crash or lose.
  `Fall over hard' equates to crash and burn....
• egv: /seg'vee/ n.,vi. Yet another synonym for {segmentation fault} (actually, in this case, `segmentation violation').
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• crash and burn: vi.,n. A spectacular crash, in the mode of the conclusion of the car-chase scene in the movie "Bullitt" and many subsequent imitators (compare {die horribly}).
  Sun-3 monitors losing the flyback transformer and lightning strikes on VAX-11/780 backplanes are notable crash and burn generators....
• blow out: [prob. from mining and tunneling jargon] vi.
  Of software, to fail spectacularly; almost as serious as {crash and burn}....
• fireworks mode: n. The mode a machine is sometimes said to be in when it is performing a {crash and burn} operation.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• Push something hard enough and it will fall over.
• Hard Drive Crash? Dial 1-800-YOU BURN ..
• glass: [IBM] n. Synonym for {silicon}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
• die horribly: v. The software equivalent of {crash and burn}, and the preferred emphatic form of {die}.
  The converter choked on an FF in its input and died horribly". -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...