SYNTAX ERROR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does syntax error mean? 

• SYNTAX ERROR (noun)
  The noun SYNTAX ERROR has 1 sense:

1. an error of language resulting from code that does not conform to the syntax of the programming language

  Familiarity information: SYNTAX ERROR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYNTAX ERROR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An error of language resulting from code that does not conform to the syntax of the programming language

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Context example:

a common syntax error is to omit a parenthesis

Hypernyms ("syntax 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)