data error


data error

[′dad·ə ‚er·ər] (computer science) A deviation from correctness in data, usually an error, which occurred prior to processing the data.

data error

A condition in which data on a digital medium has been altered erroneously. The error can manifest as several incorrect bits or even a single bit that is 0 when it should be 1 or vice versa. See parity checking.