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Rarity: common

Rings every day in any terminal; many hear it without knowing its name.

6 bells on this page

  1. SIG-001 SIGHUP The phone went dead — and daemons took it to mean “reread your configuration”. Termination common
  2. SIG-002 SIGINT Ctrl+C: the interruption that leaves the keyboard and arrives as a signal. Termination common
  3. SIG-004 SIGTERM The polite request: tidy up, close the doors, turn off the lights. Termination common
  4. SIG-005 SIGKILL The bullet: the process never hears this ring — the kernel acts alone. Termination common
  5. SIG-007 SIGTSTP Ctrl+Z: the pause that comes from the keyboard and can be refused. Stop and resume common
  6. SIG-010 SIGSEGV The segmentation fault: the program touched memory that wasn't its own. Program faults common