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💻 Not processed 📬 Not dealt with 🖼️ Not touched
unhandled

unhandled

1 5.8
An error in a program that is not caught and may stop the program
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈhændəld/
  • Specialized
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  • Dan Nissenbaum: Very likely you have your debugger configured to stop on unhandled access violations, not first chance.

Examples

  • When users fail to input valid data, it leads to an unhandled error that stops the application.

  • Either the site is offline or an unhandled error occurred.

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  • An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request.

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  • An unhandled exception has occurred in a component in your application.

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  • These kind of exceptions are called unhandled exceptions, where they cause the program to effectively crash.

  • In the case of an invalid certificate and with no policy, this usually creates an unhandled exception which terminates the communication.

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  • Even if you try using every kind of crack, the game will run in a black screen with an error like this: "Error during initialization: Unhandled exception caught."

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  • Is it an unhandled access violation, or does the call proceed if you continue (letting the exception handler run)?

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  • Allowing VS 2010 to debug the issue shows an unhandled exception in SharedView.exe with the call stack showing mshtml.dll at the top.

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  • The program crashed because it encountered an unhandled exception during processing.

Synonyms

unturned
vsunhandled
5 5.7

Not looked at or checked when people search for answers

is about computer or system failures to catch or process issues
unaddressed
vsunhandled
3 5.8

Without an address written on it or not dealt with yet

is specific to items a program or system did not catch or process
unparsed
vsunhandled
  • Specialized
1 7.7

Not yet processed into a clear, usable form

is broader, covering any failure by a program to catch or process data
undealt
vsunhandled
7.4

Problems that are not yet handled or fixed

is used when a program or system fails to catch or process something
unacted
vsunhandled
6.9

Not done or put into action

is about a program failing to process or catch items, not lack of human intervention

Compounds

unhandled case
7.7

A problem or situation that has not been dealt with

How Handled

resolved
3.2
unhandled
  • Specialized
1 5.8

Surface Forms

unhandled positive

Morphology

unhandled = handled (transparent) = un + handle + ed

Formed by straightforward negation: 'un-' + past-participial adjective 'handled' = 'not handled', which is directly interpretable in technical contexts.

Etymology

Unhandled comes from the prefix un- meaning 'not' and handle, from hand, which originally meant 'to touch' or 'manage'. So an unhandled error is one the program did not 'take in hand' or process, which is why it can make the program stop.