mistake error fault | a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention, he made a bad mistake, she was quick to point out my errors, I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults |
error misplay | (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed |
rounding rounding error | (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals, the error in the calculation was attributable to rounding, taxes are rounded off to the nearest dollar but the rounding error is surprisingly small |
truncation error | (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from cutting off a numerical calculation before it is finished |
trial and error | experimenting until a solution is found |
number crunching | performing complex and lengthy numerical calculations |
driver number one wood | a golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee |
number | an item of merchandise offered for sale, she preferred the black nylon number, this sweater is an all-wool number |
number cruncher | a computer capable of performing a large number of mathematical operations per second |
erroneousness error | inadvertent incorrectness |
error wrongdoing | departure from what is ethically acceptable |
number | a clothing measurement, a number shoe |
margin of safety safety margin margin of error | the margin required in order to insure safety, in engineering the margin of safety is the strength of the material minus the anticipated stress |
number figure | the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals, he had a number of chores to do, the number of parameters is small, the figure was about a thousand |
counterpart opposite number vis-a-vis | a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another |
error erroneous belief | a misconception resulting from incorrect information |
pagination folio page number paging | the system of numbering pages |
number | the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural), in English the subject and the verb must agree in number |
error correction code ECC | (telecommunication) a coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors |
number identification number | a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification, she refused to give them her Social Security number |
bank identification number BIN ABA transit number | an identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associations, the first part shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself |
license number registration number | the number on the license plate that identifies the car that bears it |
Social Security number | the number of a particular individual's Social Security account |
phone number telephone number number | the number is used in calling a particular telephone, he has an unlisted number |
writ of error | a judicial writ from an appellate court ordering the court of record to produce the records of trial |
random number generator | a routine designed to yield a random number |
system error | an instruction that is either not recognized by an operating system or is in violation of the procedural rules |
issue number | one of a series published periodically, she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room |
index index number indicant indicator | a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts, can reveal relative changes as a function of time |
error mistake | part of a statement that is not correct, the book was full of errors |
misprint erratum typographical error typo literal error literal | a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind |
numeral number | a symbol used to represent a number, he learned to write the numerals before he went to school |
numeration system number system number representation system system of numeration | any notation for the representation of numbers |
binary numeration system pure binary numeration system binary number system binary system | a positional system of numeration that uses binary digits and a radix of two |
octal numeration system octal number system | a positional system of numeration that uses octal digits and a radix of eight |
decimal numeration system decimal number system decimal system | a positional system of numeration that uses decimal digits and a base of ten |
duodecimal number system duodecimal system | a positional system of numeration that uses duodecimal digits and a radix of twelve |
hexadecimal number system sexadecimal number system hexadecimal system | a positional system of numeration that uses hexadecimal digits and a radix of sixteen |
call mark call number pressmark | a mark consisting of characters written on a book, used to indicate shelf location |
personal identification number PIN PIN number | a number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts |
act routine number turn bit | a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program, he did his act three times every evening, she had a catchy little routine, it was one of the best numbers he ever did |
error computer error | (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer |
hardware error | error resulting from a malfunction of some physical component of the computer |
disk error | error resulting from malfunction of a magnetic disk |
software error programming error | error resulting from bad code in some program involved in producing the erroneous result |
semantic error run-time error runtime error | an error in logic or arithmetic that must be detected at run time |
syntax error | an error of language resulting from code that does not conform to the syntax of the programming language, syntax errors can be recognized at compilation time, a common syntax error is to omit a parenthesis |
algorithm error | error resulting from the choice of the wrong algorithm or method for achieving the intended result |
number | a select company of people, I hope to become one of their number before I die |
box number | a mailing address to which answers to a newspaper ad can be sent |