error message

noun

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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But the website kept returning an error message.

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The page displayed an error message, and the URL had been altered to include “DEI.”

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When, after I left, I went to see if any of the existing resources had survived, housed within NIH’s Sexual and Gender Minority Research Office, the entire internet presence of the office was gone, an error message in its place.

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Some users who tried to log in at the beginning of the telecast received an error message and were prompted to “please enter a valid email address” even though most had correctly entered the email associated with their accounts.

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

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error correction error of closure

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