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

See also

• Active fault
• Defect (disambiguation)
• Error
• Mistake (disambiguation)