traceback

Noun

1. Determination of origin; the process of tracing something back to its source.
2. A stack trace (in some programming languages)
   • ... which appears in the top line of the traceback, looking for the point at which the system is likely to have become corrupted . The ability to read and use tracebacks is a skill no MOO administrator should be without...
   • In programs where functions can be called from multiple places , the call stack can help you determine which call led to the error . Python displays the traceback whenever a raised exception goes unhandled . But you can...
   • This is a single-stage traceback. It begins by announcing itself as a traceback and then gives a location in line 1 of "<stdin>" (i.e., your typing, or standard input). It also specifies any method that the exception is...