"soft error" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: soft errors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} soft error (plural soft errors)
  1. (electronics, computing) A type of transient error where a signal or datum is momentarily wrong, caused for example by an ionizing particle striking a chip. Wikipedia link: soft error Categories (topical): Computing, Electronics Coordinate_terms: firm error, hard error

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