exception

An object representing the occurrence of an exceptional circumstance - typically, something that has gone wrong in the smooth running of a program. Exception objects are created from classes that extend the Throwable class. See checked exception and unchecked exception.

An event during program execution that prevents the program from continuing normally; generally, an error. The Java programming language supports exceptions with the try, catch, and throw keywords. See also exception handler.

the temporary suspension of some essential element of a policy, procedure, or requirement caused by circumstances that are expected to return to normal at some point in the future. For the duration of the period, the policy, procedure, or requirement is temporarily modified. If the period is anticipated to last longer than one year, then the modification should be incorporated into the ADFS Quality or Operations manual.

A fancy term for an error. See "fatal error".