Why Do Computers Crash?

Computers sometimes crash because they get too confused. Imagine you're trying to solve a puzzle, but someone keeps adding new pieces without telling you. Soon, you can't keep up, and that’s like what happens when a computer crashes. It gets overwhelmed by all the things it has to do at once.

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  1. A computer crashes like when you're playing a game, but all of a sudden it freezes because it can’t handle the extra characters on screen.
  2. Your phone crashes if you open too many apps at once, it gets confused and stops working for a while.
  3. Sometimes your printer crashes when it tries to print a very long document with pictures all at once.

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