double fault
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See also: double-fault
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[edit]Noun
[edit]double fault (plural double faults)
- (tennis) The missing of both the first serve and second serve, resulting in a point for the receiver.
- 2018 July 15, Jonathan Jurejko, “Novak Djokovic wins fourth Wimbledon by beating Kevin Anderson”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- While reaching last year's US Open final showed he possesses an all-round game, Anderson's biggest weapon remains his serve - which he lost in the opening game against Djokovic with a double fault on break point.
- (computing) An exception thrown by the CPU while trying to call the handler of another exception (e.g. the exception handler is invalid or the call stack has overflowed).
Related terms
[edit]- (computing): triple fault
Translations
[edit]missing of both the first serve and second serve
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computing: CPU exception thrown while trying to handle another exception
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