Traceback

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Determination of origin; the process of tracing something back to its source. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A stack trace (in some programming languages) countable, uncountable

    "... which appears in the top line of the traceback, looking for the point at which the system is likely to have become corrupted . The ability to read and use tracebacks is a skill no MOO administrator should be without ."

Synonyms

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stack trace

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"... which appears in the top line of the traceback, looking for the point at which the system is likely to have become corrupted . The ability to read and use tracebacks is a skill no MOO administrator should be without ."

Etymology

From trace + back.

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