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computer error

DEFINITIONS OF: computer error

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n (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer

Synonyms:
error
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hardware error
error resulting from a malfunction of some physical component of the computer
programming error, software error
error resulting from bad code in some program involved in producing the erroneous result
algorithm error
error resulting from the choice of the wrong algorithm or method for achieving the intended result
disk error
error resulting from malfunction of a magnetic disk
run-time error, runtime error, semantic error
an error in logic or arithmetic that must be detected at run time
syntax error
an error of language resulting from code that does not conform to the syntax of the programming language
Type of:
happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent
an event that happens
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