my computer went down vs my computer crashed

Both phrases are correct and commonly used to describe a computer failure. They are interchangeable and convey the same meaning.

Last updated: March 23, 2024 • 5451 views

my computer went down

This phrase is correct and commonly used to describe a computer failure.

This phrase is used to indicate that a computer has stopped working or is no longer functioning properly.

Examples:

My computer went down right in the middle of an important presentation.
I couldn't finish my work because my computer went down unexpectedly.

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My computer went down. I was just checking some e-mail.
He helped us out a couple of times around here when our computers went down.
We were able to get it back online in most of the tower just before the computers went down.
You went down there, dumped the computer and headed back to the hotel.
He did a lot of this work in the '60s, and so a lot of this logic theory lay fallow as we went down the digital computer revolution, but it's now coming back.
Brayden told him what went down.
Went down playing basketball 20 minutes ago.
Small plane went down near Government Canyon Park.
But something real bad went down inside.
Except for elective procedures which went down 13 percent.
Went down for racketeering few years ago.
So the beheading obviously went down here.
Went down to Texas for rodeoing.
My computer hasn't left this house.
Yes, my computer science teacher told me.
Maybe somebody broke into my computer or something.
My computer stopped working a few days ago.
There's nothing disgusting on my computer.
I went down... I went down to the hospital, but they wouldn't let me in.
I just want you to know, I have never dated anybody I met during a tech support call, but I am really glad your computer went.

Alternatives:

My computer crashed
My computer stopped working
My computer broke down
My computer failed
My computer shut down

my computer crashed

This phrase is correct and commonly used to describe a computer failure.

This phrase is used to indicate that a computer has experienced a sudden failure or stopped working unexpectedly.

Examples:

I lost all my data when my computer crashed.
My computer crashed while I was in the middle of a video call.

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My computer crashed before the circuit boards got here.
Listen, Daniel, my computer has crashed again.
A month ago, the nav computer crashed.
Now the computer has crashed... and that's why my brothers fall into this foolish fanaticism.
Another one, a guy called - this is absolutely true! - his computer had crashed, and he told the technician he couldn't restart it no matter how many times he typed 11.
Security-camera files are missing, the computers just crashed...!
I suggest we treat our relationship as if it were a crashed computer and restore it to the last point we both agree it worked.
his computer had crashed, and he told the technician he couldn't restart it no matter how many times he typed 11.
They must have hacked into our computers, or they crashed the system so they could do it.
They crashed his computer with a virus and used his own e-mail to infect everyone on his friends list.
My computer hasn't left this house.
Yes, my computer science teacher told me.
Maybe somebody broke into my computer or something.
My computer stopped working a few days ago.
There's nothing disgusting on my computer.
I'll give you my computers, my-my phone.
Somebody must have yanked it from my computer...
And I was wondering if you hadn't seen my computer case.
Is someone doing that with my computer?
Muirfield wiped my computer when I was getting close.

Alternatives:

My computer went down
My computer stopped working
My computer broke down
My computer failed
My computer shut down

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my computer went down vs my computer crashed