Online Crash Analysis

Online Crash Analysis(OCA) refers to a service offered by application software or an operating system that reports details of a crash back to a central database using the internet. This information typically contains diagnostic information that allows the company or development team responsible for the crash to debug and resolve the issue.

Related Topics:
Application software - Operating system - Crash - Debug

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Microsoft Windows probably contains the most sophisticated form of OCA to date where the central database can be setup to gather additional information from users that are experiencing a particular type of crash (through user approval).

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The system considers all parts of the debug and release process, such that targetted bug fixes can be applied through Windows_Update. In other words, only people experiencing a particular type of crash can be offered the bug fix, thus limiting exposure to an issue.

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