The historical period characterized by the existence of digital technology.

plural of erasure code

(information theory) A forward-error-correction (FEC) code for the binary erasure channel, which transforms a message of k symbols into a longer message with n symbols such that the original message can be recovered from a subset of the n symbols.

A post-mortem priapism observed in the corpses of human males who have been executed, particularly by hanging.

A knight-errant.

(education) The distinction drawn by some language teachers between an "error" (a mistaken belief that a given usage or construction is correct; or, an incorrect use resulting from such a belief) and "a mistake" (an accidental use of a usage or construction despite knowing that it is incorrect).

plural of eraser pen

(mathematics, statistics) A sigmoid function giving the probability that a measurement, under the influence of normally distributed errors with standard deviation, is within a certain distance from the mean value.

Alternative form of errand-ghost

(rare, historical) A spirit or spiritual messenger; an angel. / (rare) Any spirit or ghostly messenger.