Error

verbStandard termTelecom & IT

A system or process failing and generating a fault state.

To fail during execution or transmission, resulting in a fault code or dropped process. In networking and IT, devices or scripts that encounter unexpected inputs or hardware failures will halt their normal operation and log a fault.

Heard on the job

The switch errored out when we tried to push the new VLAN config.

Also heard as

  • Errored