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mistake

[mə′stāk]
(computer science)
A human action producing an unintended result, in contrast to an error in a computer operation.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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This is not the first time a social media handler mistakenly tweeted with a government-affiliated page.
Valle's son Rius, who is also the spokesperson of Save our Schools Network, said his motherwas not "mistakenly" arrested at all.
A Scottish Labour spokesman said they were looking into how the leaflets were mistakenly sent to the wrong area and that no personal data had been shared.
His family told The Nation that they were informed by the Punjab Rangers that their son had mistakenly entered India and was now in the custody of Indian BSF.
Summary: Himmatnagar (Gujarat) [India], Apr 17 (ANI): The Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday told the electorates here that they should avoid bringing Congress to the power, saying it would be a "sin", even if the voters "mistakenly" voted for the grand old party.
HYDERABAD -- A water tanker driver mistakenly killed his daughter while reversing the water tanker in Kotri, Jamshoro district, on Sunday.
A "galling" data breach saw a woman mistakenly sent debt collection letters intended for other people.
SIALKOT -- A 70-year-old man, who had mistakenly crossed the border while cutting fodder for buffaloes on Friday, was handed over to Pakistani authorities by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel as a goodwill gesture on Saturday.
ISLAMABAD: The Indian forces took a 70-year-old farmer in custody for crossing the border mistakenly.According to details, an elderly man, identified as Muhammad Ashraf, was busy in farming at Working Boundary in a bordering village in Zafarwal sector when he mistakenly crossed the border.
Records said a security officer at Emirates told the police that they held an internal investigation during which the Indian defendant said he mistakenly touched the girl.
'But instead of issuing a cheque from my personal account, the officer mistakenly used the charity fund money instead,' he told reporters waiting outside the building where he had been summoned for questioning.
ISLAMABAD -- A Pakistani man who mistakenly crossed into India in 2007 and was caught by the Border Security Force (BSF) has returned home after 11 years in detention, a media report said on Sunday.
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