error

A human action that produces an incorrect result. [After IEEE 610]

Terms of Software Testing (ISTQB)

(1) In the general sense: an avoidable mistake, e.g. copying errors errors of interpretation. (2) In statistics: the difference between the result of a computation, estimate or measurement and the "true" value or the "expected" value. There is no imputation of mistake. (DST)

Terms of Hydrology