For Error we have terms and definitions in 18 topics. The topics are Accounting, Accounting Terms, Bowling, Coin Collecting, Computer Technology, Error Proofing, Financial, Handball, Magnetic Tapes, Nursing Home Abuse, Personal Injury Law, Security Testing, Stamps, Teacher Evaluation, Technology, Telecommunications, Tennis and XML.

Error (Accounting)

Act that departs from what should be done; imprudent deviation, unintentional mistake or omission.

Error (Accounting Terms)

Act that departs from what should be done; imprudent deviation, unintentional mistake or omission.

Error (Bowling)

A miss. (blow, miss, open)

Error (Coin Collecting)

A numismatic item that unintentionally varies from the norm. Overdates and overmintmarks are not considered errors since they were done intentionally. Other die-cutting "mistakes" are considered errors. Double dies, planchet clips, and off-metal strikings are also considered errors.

Error (Computer Technology)

This occurs in a program when it encounters a situation that it was not programmed to deal with. If errors are trapped properly, they can be dealt with by the program.

Error (Error Proofing)

The failure of planned actions to achieve their desired goal. The execution of a prohibited action, the failure to correctly perform a required action or the misinterpretation of information essential to the correct execution of an action. These are often categorized as slips and mistakes depending on whether the intent was correct. See Slips and mistakes.

Error (Financial)

Is a mistake in terms of quantity, type of order, side of market (purchase or sale), security, or other condition of a trade. Is a mistake in terms of quantity, type of order, side of market (purchase or sale), security, or other condition of a trade. Is a mistake in terms of quantity, type of order, side of market (purchase or sale), security, or other condition of a trade. Is a mistake in terms of quantity, type of order, side of market (purchase or sale), security, or other condition of a trade.

Error (Handball)

The failure to return a reasonably playable ball.

Error (Magnetic Tapes)

Loss of magnetic signal strength to a degree that data cannot be read.

Error (Nursing Home Abuse)

In the legal sense, a mistaken interpretation of facts or application of the law that can prove grounds for an appeal.

Error (Personal Injury Law)

In the legal sense, a mistaken interpretation of facts or application of the law that can prove grounds for an appeal.

Error (Security Testing)

(1) The difference between a computed, observed, or measured value or condition and the true. specified, or theoretically correct value or condition. (2) An incorrect step, process, or data definition. Also: fault. (3) An incorrect result. Also: failure. (4) A human action that produces an incorrect result. Also: mistake.
(ISO) A discrepancy between a computed, observed, or measured value or condition and the true, specified, or theoretically correct value or condition. See: anomaly, bug, defect, exception, fault.
An error is a mistake made by a developer. It might be typographical error, a misleading of a specifications, a misunderstanding of what a subroutine does, and so on (IEEE 1990). An error might lead to one or more faults. Faults are located in the text of the program. More precisely, a fault is the difference between incorrect program and the correct version (IEEE 1990).

Error (Stamps)

A major mistake in the production of a stamp or postal stationery item. Printing errors include imperforate or part-perforate varieties, missing or incorrect colors and inversion or doubling of part of the design or overprint. Major errors are usually far scarcer than the normal stamps and are highly valued by collectors.

Error (Teacher Evaluation)

The extent to which a score, assessment, or calculation is incorrect or inaccurate. See Accuracy, Error of Measurement.

Error (Technology)

A value or condition that is not consistent with the true, specified, or expected value or condition. In computers, an error results when an event does not occur as expected or when impossible or illegal maneuvers are attempted. In data communications, an error occurs when there is a discrepancy between the transmitted and received data. See also critical error, error message, error rate, error ratio, fatal error, hard error, inherent error, intermittent error, logic error, machine error, overflow error, parity error, propagated error, read error, recoverable error, syntax error, system error, write error. Compare fault.

Error (Telecommunications)

When there is line noise and one or more characters are changed. This is especially noticeable when downloading or uploading a program. In this case the error must be detected, and the data must be re-sent.

Error (Tennis)

A shot that fails to cross the net or lands out of the court, resulting in loss of the point. See forced error; unforced error.

Error (XML)

A SAX parsing error is generally a validation error -- in other words, it occurs when an XML document is not valid, although it can also occur if the declaration specifies an XML version that the parser cannot handle. See also: fatal error, warning.

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