What is an Error?
In simple terms, an error is an abnormal condition or scenario that basically occurs in the operating system or in the execution of any program or system that basically restricts the system from performing the desired or expected action. Now this action can be of any certain activity, or any certain action given to that system, like copying any file or deleting any certain data. So any restriction for this action, for performing these three side actions, is called an error The sources of these errors can be runtime errors, logical errors, system crashes, and many more. These errors basically lead to some false results, or they lead to some system vulnerabilities or system instability.
Error Handling in Operating System
An operating system is defined as an interface between the computer system and its users. Once the operating system is loaded into the computer system through the boot program it is responsible for managing all the applications on the device. The operating system is a significant component of the system software in a computer system.
As the operating system is a collection of various software there may be some errors that can cause the system to have some severe fault or severe stoppage of any service which can lead to false results or some defective results to handle this error handling should be properly applied. The below article covers in detail the error, its types, the concept of error handling, and their needs.