| Subject | English | French |
| comp., MS | causality chain | chaîne de causalité (A series of method calls, events, and asynchronous operations leading from the beginning of a program to the statement currently being executed at run time) |
| law | the existence of a direct link in the chain of causality between the wrongful act and the damage complained of | l'existence d'un lien de causalité entre le comportement et le préjudice invoqué |