"syntax error" meaning in English

See syntax error in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: syntax errors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} syntax error (plural syntax errors)
  1. (computer science) An error in the syntax of a sequence of characters or tokens that is intended to be written in a particular programming language. Categories (topical): Computer science

Inflected forms

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