Definition of "backtrace" [backtrace]

• A stack trace. (noun)
• To examine a stack trace (verb)
• To find the cause of something by examining past events (verb)

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• "A backtrace is a piece of information that describes what was the application doing when it encountered the error and had to close itself."
• "Once attached, and the process is in an infinite loop, after using the 'backtrace' command again a useful backtrace will appear."
• "One of my bugreports was rejected because of not useful backtrace."