software error
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3.6
- noun
- Specialized
:
error de software
- The software error caused the application to crash unexpectedly while I was working on my project.
It was all about passion of, you know, software quality and what what that could mean for the world and the problems of software errors.
- It was all about passion of, you know, software quality and what what that could mean for the world and the problems of software errors.
Examples
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It's not clear from the video if this was a hacking attempt or a simple software error.
Blog text (15) -
Software error.
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If only software errors were so well hidden.
Academic text (2005) -
Such errors are estimated to account for 55 to 85 percent of total software errors (Card and Glass 1990).
Academic text (2005) -
A software error in our computational system made us erroneously inform the Megakiesterians that this gesture was considered the ultimate honor among their kind.
Fiction book (2001) -
While there is always the possibility that some sensor or software error caused the Leaf to deliver below-spec performance, the more likely cause for the reduction of range is battery degradation.
Blog text (21) -
System-level RAS is achieved via a rich combination of hardware, Licensed Internal Code (LIC), and system software, which together must detect, isolate, contain, and recover from a wide range of possible hardware and software errors, with minimal impact on customer operations.
Academic text (2000) -
After the developers fixed the software error, the program ran much more smoothly and efficiently.
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Users reported that a software error prevented them from accessing their data until a patch was released.
Synonyms
300
3.0
A computer problem that makes a program give a wrong result or stop
211
2.8
An error in a computer program that makes it not work correctly
108
4.7
A small sudden fault in a machine or computer program that makes it work wrong
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3.8
A mistake in computer code that makes software behave wrongly
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'software' (programs) + 'error' (a fault), i.e. an error occurring in software. This is a standard noun–noun compound using literal senses and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Software error is the name formed from software (the program) and error (a mistake). Imagine a tiny hidden mistake in the lines of code that makes the program do the wrong thing — that's why the phrase means 'a bug or mistake in a computer program'.