(mathematics) The absolute value of the ratio of the absolute error to the actual value.

A tidal island of the Inner Hebrides, west of Mull and southeast of Iona.

present participle of err on the side of caution

simple past tense and past participle of err on the side of caution

(intransitive, computing) To fail with an error.

(mathematics) The difference between the result of a calculation using exact arithmetic and finite-precision, rounded arithmetic. / (by extension) A negligible fraction of something.

plural of error-proneness

The quality of being error-prone.

(computer science) An error in the syntax of a sequence of characters or tokens that is intended to be written in a particular programming language.

(numerical analysis) The difference between the result produced by a given algorithm using exact arithmetic and the result produced by the same algorithm using finite-precision, rounded arithmetic.