semantic error

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semantic error - an error in logic or arithmetic that must be detected at run time

computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures

programming error, software error - error resulting from bad code in some program involved in producing the erroneous result

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The team referred to this as a 'semantic attack' and regards it as the 'soft underbelly of the internet'.

Indian scientists explain how 'misinformation' spreads online

Recent news articles and publications by experts seem to predict that courts will not be lenient toward Internet service providers ("ISPs") (1) who fail to protect against semantic attacks. (2) A semantic attack targets the assigned meaning to content such as posting false information on message boards.

The blame game: can Internet service providers escape liability for semantic attacks?

It will also provide a basic building mechanism to further deliberate over the semantic attacks which are perpetrated by the states.