error message

noun

1. a message displayed on a visual display unit, printout, etc, indicating that an incorrect instruction has been given to the computer

Example Sentences

In its place was an error message that explained the network "could not find the note you requested."

From The Daily Beast

The screen was showing the error message you got if you kept trying to get into its data without giving the right password.

From Project Gutenberg

The Error message announcing corruption of data corresponds to a replication process that went astray.

From Project Gutenberg