System Error codes are messages of error and error codes that programmers may use when their software is having an issue. They can be displayed to users of a computer system in response to hardware or software issues, and even some types of user input. The system error codes are displayed as an acronym, as well as a description and suggestions of what to do next.

These errors can be seen on the Internet when a website isn’t accessible, or if there is an internal server problem or data base issue. On local machines, these errors may be as simple as a “file too long” and the solution is changing the file’s effective management of organization name, or more complex like “no disk space left.” In this case it is possible to close some applications (to free up swap files) or delete data, or purchase a larger hard disk.

Other system issues can be as serious as “fatal error,” where a program has essentially decided to quit and quit and stop. It could also be as light as a warning that something isn’t quite right in an operation. Nearly every error that could be experienced on the GNU/Hurd system is reflected by an error message in the header file errno.

These errors can range from the simple “text file busy” when an operation attempts to modify a read only file, to the more intricate “broken pipeline.” These errors can also mean that the process trying to run on the resource has been interrupted by a signal such SIGPIPE and has not been handled.