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• off-by-one error n. [common] Exceedingly common error induced in many ways, such as by starting at 0 when you should have started at 1 or vice-versa, or by writing &l
  N instead of <= N or vice-versa. Also applied to giving something to the person next to the one who should have gotten it....
• fencepost error n. 1. [common] A problem with the discrete equivalent of a boundary condition, often exhibited in programs by iterative loops.
  From the following problem: "If you build a fence 100 feet long with posts 10 feet apart, how many posts do you need?...
• fencepost error: n. 1. A problem with the discrete equivalent of a boundary condition, often exhibited in programs by iterative loops.
  From the following problem: "If you build a fence 100 feet long with posts 10 feet apart, how many posts do you need?...
• obi-wan error: /oh'bee-won` er'*r/ [RPI, from `off-by-one' and the Obi-Wan Kenobi character in "Star Wars"] n.
  A loop of some sort in which the index is off by 1....
• obi-wan error /oh'bee-won` er'*r/ n. [RPI, from `off-by-one' and the Obi-Wan Kenobi character in "Star Wars"] A loop of some sort in which the index is off by 1.
  Common when the index should have started from 0 but instead started from 1....
• zeroth: /zee'rohth/ adj. First. Among software designers, comes from C's and LISP's 0-based indexing of arrays.
  Hardware people also tend to start counting at 0 instead of 1...
• lop: n. 1. A one-sided {fudge factor}, that is, an allowance for error but in only one of two directions.
  For example, if you need a piece of wire 10 feet long and have to guess when you cut it, you make very sure to cut it too long, by a large amount if necessary, rather than too short by even a little bit, because you can always cut off the slop but you can't paste it back on again....
• check: n. A hardware-detected error condition, most commonly used to refer to actual hardware failures rather than software-induced traps.
  E.g., a `parity check' is the result of a hardware-detected parity error....
• banana problem: n. [from the story of the little girl who said "I know how to spell `banana', but I don't know when to stop"].
  Not knowing where or when to bring a production to a close (compare {fencepost error})....