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noun computing

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

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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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Words nearby error message

err on the side of caution, error, error analysis, error coin, error correction, error message, error of closure, ers, ersatz, Erse, Ershad

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How to use error message in a sentence

In its place was an error message that explained the network "could not find the note you requested."
My Facebook War With Palin|Brian Ries|July 23, 2010|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.
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow
The Error message announcing corruption of data corresponds to a replication process that went astray.
The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin