error message

noun

: a message indicating that an error has occurred

The computer displayed an error message.

Examples of error message in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Annoyingly, the error message that's thrown up suggests a problem with your PC's memory and many users have reported running memory tests after seeing it as reported by Windowslatest. —Antony Leather, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024

The Elm Grove location's page on the Fairgrounds Coffee and Tea website also displays an error message. —Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024

Suddenly, if a user scrolled for just a few minutes, an error message popped up. —Zoë Schiffer, WIRED, 14 Feb. 2024

Ahead of Sunday's festivities, fans noticed that her website was broken and giving visitors an error message. —Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024

At the end of 2023, around the time that their recording contract expired, Paramore’s social media accounts were completely wiped and their website led only to a white screen showing a 404 error message. —Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 18 Jan. 2024

But the functionality is simple: any logged error message that reaches the LOG_EMERG level will be displayed full-screen to allow people to take a photo or write it down. —Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 7 Dec. 2023

Here at The Verge, among writers and editors scattered across the country, some of us could stream just fine, while others were getting the same error message and code other users have complained about. —Richard Lawler, The Verge, 12 Dec. 2023

Phoronix reports that the latest release of systemd for Linux systems comes with a systemd-bsod service that’s able to generate a full-screen error message on Linux distributions. —Tom Warren, The Verge, 7 Dec. 2023