noun Definition of error in Technology 1. A discrepancy between a computed, observed, or measured value or condition and the true, specified, or theoretically correct value or condition. 2. (programming) A mental mistake made by a programmer that may result in a program fault. 3. (verb) What a program does when it stops as result of a programming error. 1
variable noun error An error is something you have done which is considered to be incorrect or wrong, or which should not have been done. 0
noun error a mistake or inaccuracy, as in action or speech 0
noun error an incorrect belief or wrong judgment 0
noun error the condition of deviating from accuracy or correctness, as in belief, action, or speech 0
noun error deviation from a moral standard; wrongdoing 0
noun error a measure of the difference between some quantity and an approximation to or estimate of it, often expressed as a percentage 0
noun error the state of believing what is untrue, incorrect, or wrong 0
noun error a wrong belief; incorrect opinion 0
noun error something incorrectly done through ignorance or carelessness; mistake 0
noun error a departure from the accepted moral code; transgression; wrongdoing; sin 0
noun error the difference between a computed or estimated result and the actual value, as in mathematics 0
noun error the amount by which something deviates from what is required 0
noun error a misplay in fielding or throwing a ball which allows a runner to reach base or to advance to the next base: neither a wild pitch nor a , passed ball is an error 0
noun error a mistake in judgment or procedure of a court of record, usually prejudicial to one of the parties 0
noun error a flaw in a stamp or stamps from a defect in a printing plate, a difference in color, etc. 0
noun error In a control loop, the error is the difference between the current value of a variable and its setpoint. 0
