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Meaning
Noun
●
The state, quality, or
condition
of being wrong.
●
A
mistake
; an
accidental
wrong
action
or a
false
statement
not made deliberately.
●
Sin; transgression.
●
In Computing:
A
failure
to
complete
a
task
, usually
involving
a
premature
termination.
●
In Statistics:
The
difference
between a
measured
or
calculated
value and a
true
one.
●
In Baseball:
A
play
which is
scored
as having been made incorrectly.
●
In Law:
One or more
mistakes
in a
trial
that could be
grounds
for
review
of the judgement.
●
Any
alteration
in the DNA
chemical structure
occurring
during DNA
replication
,
recombination
or repairing.
Verb
●
In Computing:
To
function
improperly
due to an
error
, especially
accompanied
by
error
message.
●
In Telecommunications:
To show or
contain
an
error
or fault.
●
To err.
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Origin
error
English
errour
Middle English (1100-1500)
error
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Wrength
Blooper
Blunder
Boo-Boo
Defect
Fault
Fluff
Flub
Fumble
Gaffe
Lapse
Mistake
Slip
Stumble
Thinko
Aberration
Barbarism
Bloomer
Boner
Break
Clanger
Cock-Up
Error
Floater
Goof
Howler
Lapsus
Mess-Up
Misstep
Oopsy
Screwup
Solecism
Erroneity
Errour
Err
Mistakes
Mistaken
Misappreciation
Faux Pas
Fuck Up
More
Related
Inaccuracy
Glitch
Flaw
Typo
Deviation
Inconsistency
Anomaly
Infraction
Accident
Failure
Miscalculation
Correction
Problem
Bias
Issue
Malfunction
Delay
Omission
Bug
Distortion
Erroneous
Overshoot
Defects
Discrepancy
Incorrect
Parameter
Inaccuracies
Variation
Variable
Outlier
Variance
Faults
Failures
Output
Blunders
Logfile
Misjudgment
Noise
Irregularity
Deviations
Uninitialized
Query
Discrepancies
Misjudgement
Interference
Code
Uncertainty
Item
Null Pointer
Buffer Overflow
More
Rhymes
Error
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