system error

1. 1.

   an instruction that is either not recognized by an operating system or is in violation of the procedural rules

   Broaderinstruction

Questions about system error

What does system error mean?

system error means "an instruction that is either not recognized by an operating system or is in violation of the procedural rules".

Is system error a common word?

system error is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.