"hard error" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hard errors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hard error (plural hard errors)
  1. (electronics, computing) A type of error which persists even after power-cycling the equipment; associated with permanent physical damage to the equipment's hardware (for instance, from a latch-up). Categories (topical): Computing, Electronics Coordinate_terms: firm error, soft error

Inflected forms

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