The scientific detection of thoughts, feelings, and actions which caused an error, and the search for ways to prevent those actions from reoccurring.
The plastics factory production manager increased output and worker retention by implementing error prevention.
by but for October 20, 2017
A problem caused by a bus hitting the only person holding knowledge of, or encryption keys to critical IT systems.
Our database admin has experienced bus error. He died in a car accident last week now we cannot access our data as he was the only one with the decryption key to the database.
by m1m1n0 May 14, 2019
A number that is given with very large uncertainties, such that it might be ten or a hundred (or more) times larger or smaller than the value given. Astrophysics is famous for having 'errors in the exponent'
..."We estimate the minimum viable population to be somewhere between 100 and 5000" (extremes from the wikipedia article)
... "in our universe protons decay with a time scale in the range 10^33 - 10^45 years"
These quantities don't have an error in the value, they have an error in the exponent.
... "in our universe protons decay with a time scale in the range 10^33 - 10^45 years"
These quantities don't have an error in the value, they have an error in the exponent.
by Lab_Monkey July 06, 2011
damn i fucked up my motherboard so i went and bought some ram and found out it was actually the hard drive
by Mark May 16, 2004
1). In tennis, whenever a player misses an otherwise easy or effortless shot due to their own inattentiveness rather than the opposing player's skill.
2.) In politics, a polite term for when someone ends up creating their own scandal through poor or tactless decision making.
2.) In politics, a polite term for when someone ends up creating their own scandal through poor or tactless decision making.
1.) Bobby Sands failing to make that save at Wimbledon was an unforced error.
2.) Donald's Trump's statement about Mexican migrants "bringing in drugs" and being "rapists" during the 2016 campaign was an unforced error that cast a cloud over his entire presidency.
2.) Donald's Trump's statement about Mexican migrants "bringing in drugs" and being "rapists" during the 2016 campaign was an unforced error that cast a cloud over his entire presidency.
by garcalej May 03, 2018
When you have insufficient funds or insufficient desire to pay for premium content on an 18+ website. Typically used as a response by content creators when clients are requesting free content that is normally paid for.
by PhancyStar January 07, 2022
by McLoviiiiiin December 31, 2017