Damage
Updated: 12/29/2017 by Computer Hope
Damage may refer to any of the following:
1. In general, damage refers to anything that causes harm to something or someone. Below are different examples of how damage may occur to a computer. With the hardware examples, all examples listed in the damage section can cause a device to stop working and would require replacement. In the case of software, this type of damage may cause errors and data loss, which could be recovered if backups were made.
Computer hardware damage
- Electrostatic discharge or ESD (electrostatic discharge).
- Dropping the device, e.g., dropping a hard drive or smartphone.
- A power surge or brownout.
Computer software damage
- Data corruption.
- Overwritten data.
- Virus or other malware.
2. Short for damage, dmg is a gaming term indicating how much damage was inflicted or may be inflicted, on a character in the game. For example, someone with 1,000 HP (hit points) can take 1,000 damage before dying.