No. 1,136 in French

erreur

Mistake; error.

In a sentence

J'ai fait une erreur en calculant le résultat.
I made an error while calculating the result.
Here, 'erreur' is used as 'a mistake or error' made during a calculation.
C'est une erreur de juger les gens sans les connaître.
It's a mistake to judge people without knowing them.
In this sentence, 'erreur' refers to a moral or judgmental error, emphasizing the inappropriateness of hasty judgments.
L'erreur dans le programme a provoqué un crash système.
The error in the program caused a system crash.
In this context, 'erreur' is used in a technical sense to describe a fault leading to malfunction in software.

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