| Subject | English | Japanese |
| comp. | n critical error | クリティカル・エラー |
| comp., MS | critical error | 重大なエラー (An error that suspends processing until the condition can be corrected either by software or by user intervention (for example, an attempt to read to a nonexistent disk, an out-of-paper condition on the printer, or a checksum fault in a data message)) |
| comp. | n critical error | クリティカルエラー |
| comp. | n critical-error handler | クリティカル・エラー・ハンドラ |
| comp. | n critical-error handler | クリティカルエラーハンドラ |