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• error — [[t]e̱rə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ errors 1) N VAR: oft N prep An error is something you have done which is considered to be incorrect or wrong, or which should not have been done. NASA discovered a mathematical error in its calculations... MPs attacked lax… …   English dictionary

• error — er|ror W2S2 [ˈerə US ˈerər] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: errour, from Latin error, from errare; ERR] 1.) [U and C] a mistake error in ▪ There must be an error in our calculations. make/commit an error ▪ The government h …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• error — noun 1 (C, U) a mistake, especially a mistake in speaking or writing or a mistake that causes serious problems: an essay full of spelling errors | Heath committed a grave error by making concessions to the right wing of the party. |… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Error — • Reduplicatively regarded, is in one way or another the product of ignorance. But besides the lack of information which it implies, it adds the positive element of a mental judgment, by which something false is held to be true, or something true …   Catholic encyclopedia

• error — er‧ror [ˈerə ǁ ˈerər] noun [countable] 1. a mistake: • The confusion was the result of a computer error. • The company has made some strategic errors. ˈcompensating ˌerror ACCOUNTING a mistake in keeping accounts that is hard to find because it… …   Financial and business terms

• error — [er′ər] n. [ME & OFr errour < L error < errare: see ERR] 1. the state of believing what is untrue, incorrect, or wrong 2. a wrong belief; incorrect opinion 3. something incorrectly done through ignorance or carelessness; mistake 4. a… …   English World dictionary

• error message — ˈerror ˌmessage noun [countable] COMPUTING a message that appears on your computer screen saying that you have made a mistake or telling you that a program cannot do something you have asked it to do: • If information is entered incorrectly, an… …   Financial and business terms

• Error hiding — is an anti pattern, in computer programming. The programmer hides error messages by overriding them with exception handling. As a result of this the root error message is hidden from the user (hence error hiding ) and so they will not be told… …   Wikipedia

• Error — Er ror, n. [OF. error, errur, F. erreur, L. error, fr. errare to err. See {Err}.] 1. A wandering; a roving or irregular course. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The rest of his journey, his error by sea. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 2. A wandering or deviation …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• error of omission — ˌerror of oˈmission noun errors of omission PLURALFORM [countable] ACCOUNTING when an entry is completely missed out from a set of account books * * * error of omission UK US noun [C] ► a mistake that consists of not doing something you should… …   Financial and business terms

• error — error, mistake, blunder, slip, lapse, faux pas, bull, howler, boner are comparable when they denote something (as an act, statement, or belief) that involves a departure from what is, or what is generally held to be, true, right, or proper. Error …   New Dictionary of Synonyms