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Flaw

Updated: 09/12/2023 by Computer Hope

A term that describes a problem that exists in hardware and software. A flaw is a security risk, cause the program to crash, or cause other issues. To resolve flaws, the software developer release updates or patches that updates the code and corrects the issue.

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