exception handler

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exception handler - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  exception handler
  
     Special code which is called when an exception occurs during
     the execution of a program.  If the programmer does not
     provide a handler for a given exception, a built-in system
     exception handler will usually be called resulting in abortion
     of the program run and some kind of error indication being
     returned to the user.
  
     Examples of exception handler mechanisms are Unix's signal
     calls and Lisp's catch and throw.
  
     (1994-10-31)