machine error


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machine error

[mə′shēn ‚er·ər]
(computer science)
A deviation from correctness in computer-processed data, caused by equipment failure.
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For a machining operation on a 3-axis machine, the machine error is reflected onto the workpiece by the following expression:
Modelling of the 3D machining geometric defects accounting for workpiece vibratory behaviour
Sources said Bindra was not confident of that shot and whether it was a machine error. Had the verdict gone against Bindra, he would have been docked two points.
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Another Master Node state machine error was discovered in a real-world installation when a node received an unexpected frame under certain conditions.
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Fast accurate measurement of machine performance, quickly allows you to isolate mechanical or electrical problems and then fix them, either by repair or by optimising machine error maps.
Researches regarding the thermal behavior of a CNC milling machine using IR thermography in compearance with oder conventional methods
All things considered, 0.004" seems a reasonable offset to test--not so close that machine error could put it back on center, but not so far that it immediately would be detected.
The disappearing defects: compensating for PWB positional inaccuracies in 0201s
of Strathclyde) describe how people must change their thinking to understand safety, and rather than merely chalking accidents up to machine error or human error, they should understand certain elementary philosophies about causality, cognition, categorization, and statistics to build a new theory and practice of safety science.
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2) Symptom or machine error code with multiple suspected parts.
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``Medical equipment can also be demonstrated and machine error and failure replicated.
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"It is just human or machine error and we hope it doesn't happen again."
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This reliance can leave us all the more helpless when technology breaks down, but no machine error can compare to the frustration of being unable to make meaningful contact with a creature of the same species who is clearly keen to communicate.
Trying to talk the talk but getting lost in translation
Not surprisingly, machine error is not suggested, either by ES&S, which would have no interest in suggesting its system might fail occasionally, or by elections officials, who had just spent $17 million to buy the machines.
Making reporting about voting part of the political beat: from punch cards to touchscreens, journalists are tracking potential problems with how people vote
Under the new law, voting systems will be required to have the following features: (1) they must allow the voter to review the ballot and correct errors; (2) they must be able to produce a paper audit: (3) they must be accessible to voters with disabilities (this requirement can be met by providing one accessible electronic voting machine per polling place); (4) they must be able to handle multi-lingual ballots; and (5) they must not exceed the machine error rate established by the Federal Election Commission.
Election reform: what's next?

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