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SEMANTIC ERROR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does semantic error mean?
• SEMANTIC ERROR (noun)
The noun SEMANTIC ERROR has 1 sense:
1. an error in logic or arithmetic that must be detected at run time
Familiarity information: SEMANTIC ERROR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An error in logic or arithmetic that must be detected at run time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
run-time error; runtime error; semantic error
Hypernyms ("semantic error" is a kind of...):
programming error; software error (error resulting from bad code in some program involved in producing the erroneous result)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
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