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Typo
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Typo
An unintentional mistake in typing, short for "typographical error." In 1962, a typo in the code of the computer instructions for an unmanned satellite traveling to Venus allegedly caused the failure of the mission.
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On a happier note, the White House remains committed to putting out press releases featuring misspellings and typographical errors characteristic of our public school system.
On a happier note, the White House remains committed to putting out ... by Tyrrell, R. Emmett, Jr. / The American Spectator
The awkward and even faulty English in many places is bad enough, but the reader is in addition subjected to typographical errors.
The martyrdom of patience: the Holy See and the communist countries ... by Kirley, Kevin / Catholic Insight
Research studies cover such issues as the impact of typographical errors on retrieval in bibliographic databases, and copy cataloguing for print and video monographs, while position papers include such topics as the challenges of digital formats, knowledge structures and the Internet, and the future of cataloguing.
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