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software error - error resulting from bad code in some program involved in producing the erroneous result

computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures

computer error, error - (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer

runtime error, run-time 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; "syntax errors can be recognized at compilation time"; "a common syntax error is to omit a parenthesis"

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The Vale of Glamorgan council later apologised to Julie and blamed the problem on a computer software error.

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This is the same missile defence system that failed to intercept an Iraqi Scud missile on February 25, 1991, because of a software error and resulted in the death of 24 soldiers at the Dhahran Airbase, Saudi Arabia.

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