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== In consumer products ==

[[File:Error-code-e74.jpg|alt=The error code E74. Above the large E 74 code is the message "System Error. Contact Xbox Customer Support." repeated in different languages.|thumb|Error E74 on the [[Xbox 360]], symbolizing a hardware failure.]]

Error codes can also be used to specify an error, and simplify research into the cause and how to fix it. This is commonly used by consumer products when something goes wrong, such as the cause of a [[Blue Screen of Death]], to make it easier to pinpoint the exact problem the product is having.

There is no definitive form of an error code. Some styles use decimal or hexidecimal numbers. Others use alphanumeric codes, while others use a phrase describing the error.

== In computing ==

Error codes in computers can be passed to the system itself, to judge how to respond to the error. Often error codes come synonymous with an exit code or a return value.

==In networking software==

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*[[Exit status]]

*[[Static code analysis]]

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