(run´tīm er´&r)
(n.) An error that occurs during the execution of a
program. In contrast,
compile-time errors occur while a program is being
compiled. Runtime errors indicate
bugs in the program or problems that the designers had anticipated but could do nothing about. For example, running out of
memory will often cause a runtime error.
Note that runtime errors differ from bombs or crashes in that you can often recover gracefully from a runtime error.
