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[...] the signal name stands for "Segmentation Violation".
So it's essentially: SIGnal SEGmentation Violation.
But there's more!
Originally the signal was called SIGSEG. It was subsequently renamed SIGSEGV
in the userspace and a bit later - around 1980 - to SIGSEGV on the kernel
side.
