Ex. A program failing when it references a nonexistent file
Ex. Forgetting to declare a variable before using it
Ex. Flipping a logical operator (< or >)
Ex. Assigning a value to the wrong variable
Programmer mistake in the algorithm, causing unexpected behavior (program still runs!)
Ex. Trying to fit 12 cans of soup in a box designed to fit 10
Ex. a 4 bit adder adding binary numbers 0111 and 1101
Run Time Error
Ex. Multiplying two numbers instead adding them
Ex. A program failing when it tries to divide by 0
Ex. A program failing when the user enters unexpected data (ex. string instead of integer)
Logic Error
Ex. Neglecting to put a string in quotation marks (ex. "cat")
Overflow Error
Program fails in the middle of running (program runs initially, but does not finish)
Ex. Using square brackets instead of curly brackets
Ex. Missing semicolon (;)
Occurs when a program encounters a value that is too big to calculate or display
Syntax Error
Ex. Trying to store 256 in an 8-bit binary number.
A typo that will result in the program not compiling/running
