Exception handling is a technique used in web development to detect, report, and recover from errors, exceptions, or faults that occur during the execution of a program, and that can cause the program to terminate or malfunction. Exception handling can involve various components of an application, such as classes, functions, or modules, and can use different mechanisms, such as try-catch blocks, throw statements, or logging systems. Exception handling can improve the reliability, robustness, and maintainability of an application, and can prevent security vulnerabilities, such as buffer overflows, injection attacks, or race conditions.