Those that occur during translation of the code before it runs

<aside> ❓ Would it make it through the stages of compilation?

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• The instructions given cannot be translated to machine code due to errors.
• Formatting error
• Trying to divide by piece a string

Syntax errors

• An error that occurs when a command does not follow the expected syntax of the language

Linking errors

• Occurs when a programmer calls a function within a program and the correct library has not been linked to that program
• When the square root function is used and the library that calculates the square root has not been linked to the program

Semantic errors

• Variable declared illegally

Execution/runtime errors

Those that occur while the program is running but after translation

<aside> 💡 Even though a program will compile and execute it could unexpectedly crash or produce incorrect results.

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Examples

• Divide by zero
• Reading past the end of file
• Stack overflow/request more memory than available