programming error

/ˌproʊˈgræmɪŋ ˌɛrər/
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Other forms: programming errors

Definitions of programming error
  1. noun
    error resulting from bad code in some program involved in producing the erroneous result
    synonyms: software error
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    types:
    run-time error, runtime error, semantic 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
    type of:
    computer error, error
    (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer
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