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error message

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noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Posting the link on Facebook now triggers an error message saying: “Posts that look like spam according to our Community Guidelines are blocked on Facebook and can’t be edited.”

From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2026

But UK users trying to access Imgur on Tuesday were met with an error message saying "content not available in your region" - with Imgur content shared on other websites also no longer showing.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2025

Then, she got an error message notifying her that her answer wasn’t saved.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025

A Salon search for usaid.gov on the same day resulted in a “can’t find server” error message.

From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2025

Sure enough, an error message pops up, telling me that the file no longer exists.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

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