COMPUTER ERROR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does computer error mean? 

• COMPUTER ERROR (noun)
  The noun COMPUTER ERROR has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: COMPUTER ERROR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMPUTER ERROR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

computer error; error

Hypernyms ("computer error" is a kind of...):

happening; natural event; occurrence; occurrent (an event that happens)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "computer error"):

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)