SEMANTIC ERROR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does semantic error mean? 

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

1. an error in logic or arithmetic that must be detected at run time

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEMANTIC ERROR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An error in logic or arithmetic that must be detected at run time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

run-time error; runtime error; semantic error

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

programming error; software error (error resulting from bad code in some program involved in producing the erroneous result)

Domain category:

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