possibility of error
1Possibility — Pos si*bil i*ty, n.; pl. {Possibilities}. [F. possibilit[ e], L. possibilitas.] 1. The quality or state of being possible; the power of happening, being, or existing. All possibility of error. Hooker. Latent possibilities of excellence. Johnson.… …
2possibility — /pos euh bil i tee/, n., pl. possibilities for 2. 1. the state or fact of being possible: the possibility of error. 2. something possible: He had exhausted every possibility but one. [1325 75; ME possibilite < LL possibilitas. See POSSIBLE, ITY]… …
3possibility — /pɒsəˈbɪləti/ (say posuh biluhtee) noun (plural possibilities) 1. the state or fact of being possible: the possibility of error. 2. a possible thing or person …
4Error card — In the trading card collecting hobby, an error card is a card that shows incorrect information or some other unintended flaw. Depending on whether the manufacturer noticed the problem while the cards were still being produced, a card may exist in …
5Trial and error — Trial and error, or trial by error, is a general method of problem solving for obtaining knowledge, both propositional knowledge and know how. In the field of computer science, the method is called generate and test. In elementary algebra, when… …
6Quantum error correction — is used in quantum computing to protect quantum information from errors due to decoherence and other quantum noise. Quantum error correction is essential if one is to achieve fault tolerant quantum computation that can deal not only with noise on …
7User error — A user error is an error made by the human user of a complex system, usually a computer system, in interacting with it. Although the term is sometimes used by Human Computer Interaction practitioners, the more formal human error term is used in… …
8Time-Limited Error Recovery — (TLER) is a name used by Western Digital for a hard drive feature that allows improved error handling in a RAID environment. In some cases, there is a conflict whether error handling should be undertaken by the hard drive or by the RAID… …
9Human error assessment and reduction technique — (HEART) is a technique used in the field of human reliability assessment (HRA), for the purposes of evaluating the probability of a human error occurring throughout the completion of a specific task. From such analyses measures can then be taken… …
10Minimum mean square error — In statistics and signal processing, a minimum mean square error (MMSE) estimator describes the approach which minimizes the mean square error (MSE), which is a common measure of estimator quality. The term MMSE specifically refers to estimation… …
