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[XEROX PARC] Writing through a pointer that doesn't point to what you think it does. This occasionally reduces your machine to a rubble of bits. Note that this is subtly different from (and more general than) related terms such as a [memory leak] or [fandango on core] because it doesn't imply an allocation error or overrun condition.


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