HARDWARE ERROR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hardware error mean? 

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

1. error resulting from a malfunction of some physical component of the computer

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HARDWARE ERROR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Error resulting from a malfunction of some physical component of the computer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

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

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

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 "hardware error"):

disk error (error resulting from malfunction of a magnetic disk)