(electronics, computing) A type of transient error where a signal or datum is momentarily wrong, caused for example by an ionizing particle striking a chip.

plural of plaintiff in error

plural of error catastrophe

plural of error bar

The quality of being error-prone.

plural of error-proneness

(programming) A logic error where a value, typically the number of iterations of a loop, is specified incorrectly, being either 1 less or 1 more than it should be.

(education) The distinction drawn by some language teachers between an "error" (a mistaken belief that a given usage or construction is correct; or, an incorrect use resulting from such a belief) and "a mistake" (an accidental use of a usage or construction despite knowing that it is incorrect).

(statistics) type I error

(statistics) type II error