# faulted

Pronunciation: say "FAWLT-id" US /ˈfɔltɪd/, UK /ˈfɔːltɪd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of fault. — simple past and past participle of fault
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of fault. Use this form when talking about blaming or finding a problem with something earlier.
   - _Critics faulted the author for relying on tired clichés._
   - _The committee had faulted the company's handling of the crisis._

## Adjective

2. Of a memory page, having experienced a page fault after being accessed while not currently held in physical memory.
   - Simple: Describing a part of computer memory that the system had to load because it was not ready to use.
   - _The operating system tracks how many faulted pages occur per second to gauge memory pressure._
   - _When a faulted page is retrieved from storage, the instruction that triggered it resumes execution._

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