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  2. Errors in early word use - Wikipedia

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    For example, a child might underextend the verb sit and only use it with reference to the family dog's sitting but no one else's. [ 15 ] Underextension is generally thought to be less common, or perhaps just less noticeable, than overextension, but according to Margaret Harris, recent research shows an increasing number of reports of ...

  3. User error - Wikipedia

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    For example, suppose the goal of your program is to allow people to convert digital camera photos into a web photo album. ... [16] when the user is the one who caused ...

  4. Memory error - Wikipedia

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    For example, experiments have shown that if a research participant is presented with the words: bed rest awake tired dream wake snooze snore nap yawn drowsy, there is a high likelihood that the participant will falsely recall that the word sleep was in the list of words. These results show a significant illusion in memory, in which people ...

  5. Typographical error - Wikipedia

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    Another kind of typo—informally called an "atomic typo"—is a typo that happens to result in a correctly spelled word that is different from the intended one. Since it is spelled correctly, a simple spellchecker cannot find the mistake. The term was used at least as early as 1995 by Robert Terry. [15] A few illustrative examples include:

  6. Pentium FDIV bug - Wikipedia

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    Various software patches were produced by manufacturers to work around the bug. One specific algorithm, outlined in a paper in IEEE Computational Science & Engineering, is to check for divisors that can trigger the access to the programmable logic array cells that erroneously contain zero, and if found, multiply both numerator and denominator by 15/16.

  7. Post hoc ergo propter hoc - Wikipedia

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    The form of the post hoc fallacy is expressed as follows: . A occurred, then B occurred.; Therefore, A caused B. When B is undesirable, this pattern is often combined with the formal fallacy of denying the antecedent, assuming the logical inverse holds: believing that avoiding A will prevent B.

  8. Dord - Wikipedia

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    The non-word "dord" was excised; "density" was added as an additional meaning for the abbreviation "D or d" as originally intended, [4] and the definition of the adjacent entry "Doré furnace" was expanded from "A furnace for refining Doré bullion" to "a furnace in which Doré bullion is refined" to close up the space.

  9. Syntax error - Wikipedia

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