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Logical error that can often be found in programming
An off-by-one error or off-by-one bug (known by acronyms OBOE, OBOB, OBO, and OB1) is a logic error that involves a number that differs from its intended
Off-by-one_error
Incorrect or inaccurate action
value. An error could result in failure or in a deviation from the intended performance or behavior. One reference differentiates between "error" and "mistake"
Error
Concepts from statistical hypothesis testing
only traded-off between the two types, by for example changing the significance threshold. Knowledge of type I errors and type II errors is applied widely
Type_I_and_type_II_errors
Bug in a program that causes incorrect operation, but not termination
float b) { return a + b / 2; // should be (a + b) / 2 } Syntax error Off-by-one error Breedlove, Todd W.; Albert, Randal L. (22 October 2010). C++: An
Logic_error
Computational error due to rounding numbers
In computing, a roundoff error, also called rounding error, is the difference between the result produced by a given algorithm using exact arithmetic
Round-off_error
Internet error message
indicates the error code. Since the condition is relatively commonly-encountered (i.e. due to broken or dead links), this code is one of the most recognizable
HTTP_404
Inherent flaw in computer instructions
a conditional such as using the wrong comparison operator, and the off-by-one error. Incorrect API usage. Incorrect protocol implementation. Incorrect
Software_bug
Sigmoid shape special function
In mathematics, the error function (also called the Gauss error function), often denoted by e r f {\displaystyle \mathbf {erf} } , is the function erf
Error_function
Coins with errors while minting
Mint error coins can be the result of deterioration of the minting equipment, accidents or malfunctions during the minting process, or interventions by mint
Mint-made_errors
Action with unintended consequences
Human error is an action that has been done but that was "not intended by the actor; not desired by a set of rules or an external observer; or that led
Human_error
1992 aviation accident in Nepal
311 Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 List of airplane accidents in Nepal Off-by-one error "Airbus Industries A300, AP-BCP, accident near Kathmandu, Nepal, on
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 268
Pakistan_International_Airlines_Flight_268
Measure of the error of an estimator
In statistics, the mean squared error (MSE) or mean squared deviation (MSD) of an estimator (of a procedure for estimating an unobserved quantity) measures
Mean_squared_error
Decision, action, or inaction by an aircraft pilot
Maraba Airport Belem Airport In aviation, pilot error generally refers to an action or decision made by a pilot that is a substantial contributing factor
Pilot_error
Fatal system error screen
(BSoD) – or blue screen error, blue screen, fatal error, bugcheck, and officially known as a stop code error – is a critical error screen displayed in many
Blue_screen_of_death
Finding the number of elements of a finite set
still useful for some things. Refer also to the fencepost error, which is a type of off-by-one error. Inclusive counting is usually encountered when dealing
Counting
Sexual stimulation of one's own genitals
held that "the effort to achieve complete abstinence was a very serious error." The work of sexologist Alfred Kinsey during the 1940s and 1950s, most
Masturbation
Year used in some calendars
non-standard dates Time formatting and storage bugs Zero-based numbering Off-by-one error "Dionysius Exiguus. Liber de paschate sive cyclus paschalis". Archived
Year_zero
Difference between a measured value of a quantity and its true value
marred by two distinct types of errors, systematic errors on the one hand, and random on the other hand. The effects of random errors can be mitigated by repeated
Observational_error
Scheme for controlling errors in data over noisy communication channels
most often by using an error correction code, or error correcting code (ECC). The redundancy allows the receiver not only to detect errors that may occur
Error_correction_code
Play by William Shakespeare
considered for merging. › The Comedy of Errors is one of William Shakespeare's earliest plays. It is his shortest and one of his most farcical comedies, with
The_Comedy_of_Errors
Family of linear error-correcting codes
linear error-correcting codes. Hamming codes can detect one-bit and two-bit errors, or correct one-bit errors without detection of uncorrected errors. By contrast
Hamming_code
(2019), p. 194. sfnp error: no target: CITEREFDeAngelis2019 (help) "One Hit Wonder Jermaine Stewart We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off". Castbox.fm. Marx
List of one-hit wonders in the United States
List_of_one-hit_wonders_in_the_United_States
Error screen displayed after a fatal system error on a computer
encountering a critical system error. It gets its name from the black background seen during hardware or software errors. Since Windows 11 version 24H2
Black_screen_of_death
Method of problem-solving
Trial and error is a fundamental method of problem-solving characterized by repeated, varied attempts which are continued until success, or until the
Trial_and_error
Football match
The 2011 Football League One play-off final was an association football match which was played on 29 May 2011 at Old Trafford in Manchester, between Huddersfield
2011 Football League One play-off final
2011_Football_League_One_play-off_final
Security bug in the GNU Bash shell discovered in 2014
"CVE-2014-7186 vulnerable, redir_stack". Also found by Florian Weimer, CVE-2014-7187 is an off-by-one error in the Bash parser code, allowing out-of-bounds
Shellshock_(software_bug)
Process to create executable computer programs
conditions) and logic errors (such as division by zero or off-by-one errors). Robustness: how well a program anticipates problems due to errors (not bugs). This
Computer_programming
Obscene raising of the middle finger
off, is an obscene hand gesture. The gesture communicates moderate to extreme contempt, and is roughly equivalent in meaning to "fuck you", "fuck off"
The_finger
Topics referred to by the same term
Oboe, 1945 Allied campaign in Borneo Off-by-one error (OBOE), a type of computer programming or mathematical error This disambiguation page lists articles
OBOE
Error-correcting codes
and coding theory, Reed–Solomon codes are a group of error-correcting codes that were introduced by Irving S. Reed and Gustave Solomon in 1960. They have
Reed–Solomon_error_correction
Counting from "0" instead of "1" first
of this property, zero-based indexing potentially reduces off-by-one and fencepost errors. On the other hand, the repeat count n is calculated in advance
Zero-based_numbering
Type of collectible coin
US error coins are error coins produced by the US government. There are three categories of error coins as provided by the American Numismatic Association
US_error_coins
Type of computing error
electronics and computing, a soft error is a type of error where a signal or datum is wrong. Errors may be caused by a defect, usually understood either
Soft_error
British television baking competition
The Great British Bake Off (often abbreviated to Bake Off or GBBO) is a British television baking competition, produced by Love Productions, in which
The_Great_British_Bake_Off
75th Formula One season
One World Championship Drivers' Champion: Max Verstappen Constructors' Champion: McLaren-Mercedes Previous 2023 Next 2025 Races by country Races by venue
2024 Formula One World Championship
2024_Formula_One_World_Championship
stabilizer broke off. Loss of structural integrity during flight can be caused by: faulty design faulty maintenance manufacturing flaws pilot error weather conditions
List of aircraft structural failures
List_of_aircraft_structural_failures
game of the same name. Cite error: The named reference OG was invoked but never defined (see the help page). Identified off-screen as Springtrap.[citation
List of films with post-credits scenes
List_of_films_with_post-credits_scenes
Control loop feedback mechanism
component responds to the current error value by producing an output that is directly proportional to the magnitude of the error. This provides immediate correction
PID_controller
2025 legislation in the United States
can be off, this bill wouldn't be popular – let alone the most popular US bill ever signed – even with a massive and widespread polling error." The Atlantic
One_Big_Beautiful_Bill_Act
Self-correcting computer data storage
alpha particles emitted by contaminants in chip packaging material, but research has shown that the majority of one-off soft errors in DRAM chips occur as
ECC_memory
Canon error message
The E18 error is an error message on Canon digital cameras. The E18 error occurs when anything prevents the zoom lens from properly extending or retracting
E18_error
High-level programming language first released in 1980
error. Ada also supports run-time checks to protect against access to unallocated memory, buffer overflow errors, range violations, off-by-one errors
Ada_(programming_language)
Mathematical concept
value's scale, or as a relative error, which provides a scaled measure of the error by considering the absolute error in proportion to the exact data
Approximation_error
Programming tool for profiling, memory debugging and memory leak detection
feature enables Memcheck to detect off-by-one errors where a program reads or writes outside an allocated block by a small amount. The problems Memcheck
Valgrind
vulnerable to problems from weather conditions, faulty design or human error. Some of the disasters below occurred during periods of conflict, although
List_of_maritime_disasters
Apple's general-purpose, open-source, compiled programming language
C-style enumeration for (int i = 0; i < c; i++), which is prone to off-by-one errors, is unsupported (from Swift 3 onward). The pre- and post- increment
Swift_(programming_language)
Football match
Division play-off final was an association football match contested by Gillingham and Swindon Town over two legs on 22 and 25 May 1987, followed by a replay
1987 Football League Third Division play-off final
1987_Football_League_Third_Division_play-off_final
Ability of numerical algorithms to remain accurate under small changes of inputs
the "true" solution y. The main causes of error are round-off error and truncation error. The forward error of the algorithm is the difference between
Numerical_stability
Details of data storage in a spreadsheet application
not the numbers that it displays. Moreover, the error in Excel's answer is not simply round-off error, it is an effect in floating point calculations
Numeric precision in Microsoft Excel
Numeric_precision_in_Microsoft_Excel
An error of impunity is a lapse in the justice system that results in criminals either remaining at large or receiving sanctions that are below a socially
Error_of_impunity
Linear feedback control system
with on–off controllers, where K p {\displaystyle K_{p}} is very high and hence, for even a small error, the controller output is driven from one extreme
Proportional_control
Design principles
but less severe for the one-off tasks performed in transcription and incrementation. A design maneuver is a change made by the designer in the notation
Cognitive dimensions of notations
Cognitive_dimensions_of_notations
In programming, detecting whether a variable is within given bounds before use
automatic bounds checking to raise speed. However, this leaves many off-by-one errors and buffer overflows uncaught. Many programmers believe these languages
Bounds_checking
2016–2024 ROC presidential administration
not a linguistic professional, hence his translation contains contextual errors, so Chairman Legislator Chen I-hsin intervened during the heated argument
Presidency_of_Tsai_Ing-wen
Detail of the global positioning system
range errors must be multiplied by the appropriate dilution of precision terms and then RSS'ed with the numerical error. Electronics errors are one of several
Error analysis for the Global Positioning System
Error_analysis_for_the_Global_Positioning_System
Baseball statistic
error is an act, in the judgment of the official scorer, of a fielder misplaying a ball in a manner that allows a batter or baserunner to advance one
Fielding_error
Folklore
Shooting an apple off one's child's head, also known as the apple-shot (from German Apfelschuss), is a feat of marksmanship with a bow that occurs as
Shooting an apple off one's child's head
Shooting_an_apple_off_one's_child's_head
In statistical hypothesis testing, the error exponent of a hypothesis testing procedure is the rate at which the probabilities of Type I and Type II decay
Error exponents in hypothesis testing
Error_exponents_in_hypothesis_testing
76th Formula One season
with both the Ferrari drivers hitting the wall at the banked turn 3—one by driver error and the other due to contact with Antonelli—and with Norris experiencing
2025 Formula One World Championship
2025_Formula_One_World_Championship
Preventable adverse effect of medical care
A medical error is a preventable adverse effect of care ("iatrogenesis"), whether or not it is evident or harmful to the patient. This might include an
Medical_error
Method used to begin play in ice hockey and some other sports
The linesmen are responsible for all other face-offs. One player from each team stands at the face-off spot (see below) to await the drop of the puck.
Face-off
2025 EP by Yves
Soft Error is the third extended play by South Korean singer Yves. It was released by Paix Per Mil on August 7, 2025, and contains six tracks, including
Soft_Error
Protocol for communicating routing information on the Internet
error Code: OPEN Message Error (2) Minor error Code (Open Message): Bad Peer AS (2) Bad Peer AS: 65200 KeepAlive messages are sent periodically, by both
Border_Gateway_Protocol
2022 single album by Ateez
Spin Off: From the Witness is the first single album by South Korean boy band Ateez. It was released on December 30, 2022, through KQ Entertainment. The
Spin_Off:_From_the_Witness
Algorithmic technique
floating-point numbers that substantially reduces the accumulated round-off error compared to naively accumulating the sum in sequence. Although there are
Pairwise_summation
1985 aviation accident in Nevada
mainly caused by pilot error. While taking off from Reno, the aircraft suffered significant vibrations, which happened due to error by the ground crew
Galaxy_Airlines_Flight_203
Algorithm in numerical analysis
numerical error in the total obtained by adding a sequence of finite-precision floating-point numbers, compared to the naive approach. This is done by keeping
Kahan_summation_algorithm
Election". ColombiaOne. "Davila and Fajardo Lead Colombia's 2026 Presidential Voting Intentions". ColombiaOne. 24 March 2025. Cite error: The named reference
2026 Colombian presidential election
2026_Colombian_presidential_election
Data storage technology
the maximum error rates being insufficient to guarantee a successful recovery, due to the high likelihood of such an error occurring on one or more remaining
RAID
Process of mapping a continuous set to a countable set
input value and its quantized value (such as round-off error) is referred to as quantization error, noise or distortion. A device or algorithmic function
Quantization (signal processing)
Quantization_(signal_processing)
Association football match
The 2006 Football League One play-off final was an association football match which was played on 27 May 2006 between Barnsley and Swansea City at the
2006 Football League One play-off final
2006_Football_League_One_play-off_final
1999 aircraft accident in the Atlantic Ocean
when the light aircraft he was piloting crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Kennedy's wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy
1999 Martha's Vineyard plane crash
1999_Martha's_Vineyard_plane_crash
2003 aviation accident in Algeria
investigation concluded that a flight crew error caused the crash following an engine failure shortly after take-off. The captain of Flight 6289 had taken
Air_Algérie_Flight_6289
English football referee (born 1985)
PGMOL released a statement admitting that this was a "significant human error" and that "VAR failed to intervene". England, along with assistant VAR Dan
Darren_England
Linguistic deviation
pronunciation in a language, particularly one regarded as an error in morphology, while a solecism is an error in syntax. The label was originally applied
Barbarism_(linguistics)
18th episode of the 12th season of The Simpsons
"Trilogy of Error" (known by the individual titles "Homer's Day", "Lisa's Day", and "Bart's Day") is the eighteenth episode of the twelfth season of the
Trilogy_of_Error
2001 runaway train incident in Ohio, United States
off by the heat, since they had been applied for the entire runaway trip. CSX never made public the name of the 35-year veteran engineer whose error caused
CSX_8888_incident
Quote from Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
"I am Error" is a quote from the 1987 video game Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. The quote is spoken by a villager, apparently named Error, in the town
I_am_Error
Thai actor and screenwriter (born 1983)
in the 2010 film Hello Stranger, the 2012 film ATM: Er Rak Error, and the 2016 movie, One Day. Dhanasevi studied at Chulalongkorn University and graduated
Chantavit_Dhanasevi
1996 aviation accident in the Atlantic Ocean
shortly after take-off from Puerto Plata's Gregorio Luperón International Airport, killing all 189 people on board. The cause was pilot error after receiving
Birgenair_Flight_301
Monitoring system in computer drives
Linux project. Source forge. "S.M.A.R.T. Attribute: Soft Read Error Rate / Off Track Errors (Maxtor) | Knowledge Base". kb.acronis.com. Retrieved 2017-03-19
Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology
Self-Monitoring,_Analysis_and_Reporting_Technology
Serial communications protocol
code + data ADU = Additional address + PDU + error check The ADU is officially called a Modbus frame by the Modbus Organization, although frame is used
Modbus
Circles at IMDb Prime Suspect 4: Scent of Darkness at IMDb Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgement at IMDb Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness at IMDb Prime Suspect
List of Prime Suspect (British TV series) episodes
List_of_Prime_Suspect_(British_TV_series)_episodes
King of Italy from 1878 to 1900
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Umberto_I_of_Italy
Aircraft runway accident
informally, runway overshoot). Runway excursions can happen because of pilot error, poor weather, or a fault with the aircraft. According to the Flight Safety
Runway_excursion
1983 single by Peter Schilling
written and recorded by German singer-songwriter Peter Schilling. It was released in 1983 as the lead single from his album Error in the System. Featuring
Major_Tom_(Coming_Home)
Type of error
not ensure that the task will be done correctly. One potential dependency is team error, an error of one or more members that allows other individual members
Team_error
Performance measure of a digital radio
The error vector magnitude or EVM (sometimes also called relative constellation error or RCE) is a measure used to quantify the performance of a digital
Error_vector_magnitude
Retrieved February 7, 2024. "Watch One-Punch Man Streaming Online | Hulu". Hulu. Retrieved September 3, 2025. Cite error: The named reference "Hulu" was
List of One-Punch Man episodes
List_of_One-Punch_Man_episodes
massacres carried out by Zionist forces.") harvnb error: no target: CITEREFSlater2020 (help); Shenhav 2019, p. 49, "750,000" harvnb error: no target: CITEREFShenhav2019
Palestinian genocide allegations
Palestinian_genocide_allegations
Binary feedback controller
hysteresis gap and inertia in the process, there will be an oscillating error signal around the desired set point value (e.g., temperature), often saw-tooth
Bang–bang_control
Rate-seeking algorithm
network traffic, packet loss, an error response from a service, or an explicit request to reduce the rate (i.e., back off). The rate reduction can be modelled
Exponential_backoff
Season of television series
The fourteenth season of the One Piece anime series was produced by Toei Animation, and directed by Hiroaki Miyamoto. The season began broadcasting in
One_Piece_season_14
Property of a model
two sources of error that prevent supervised learning algorithms from generalizing beyond their training set: The bias error is an error from erroneous
Bias–variance_tradeoff
American actress, comedian, and writer
Journeyman, Better off Ted, Happy Endings, Rizzoli & Isles, Mike & Molly, and New Girl, among others. Crisp also starred as Chloe, one of the contestants
Chelsey_Crisp
American actor (born 1954)
boosted Menzel's popularity, causing Menzel to remark that Travolta's error "was one of the best things that happened" in her career. In 2016, he returned
John_Travolta
2019 aviation accident in Alaska
original on November 18, 2021. Retrieved November 18, 2021. "Maintenance Error Leads to Fatal Runway Overrun Accident". www.ntsb.gov. National Transportation
PenAir_Flight_3296
Woodblock print by Hokusai (1831)
The Great Wave off Kanagawa (Japanese: 神奈川沖浪裏, Hepburn: Kanagawa-oki Nami Ura; lit. 'Under the Wave off Kanagawa') is a woodblock print by the Japanese
The_Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa
Association football match in London
Oxford United. Luton had appeared in one play-off final before this match – the 2012 Conference Premier play-off final, which they lost 2–1 to York City
2023 EFL Championship play-off final
2023_EFL_Championship_play-off_final
Powell Theater. Shared with Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969–1970). Cite error: The named reference "Laff-A-Lympics" was defined multiple times with different
List_of_television_spinoffs
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Boy/Male
English, Modern
Sent by God
Female
Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of Greek Hanna, ANE means "favor; grace."
Male
Scandinavian
Possibly a modern Scandinavian form of Old Danish Auwe, OVE means "little edge."Â
Boy/Male
African, Dutch, French, German, Teutonic
Born on the Road
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Rolfe.North German : variant of Ruoff.
Female
French
Feminine form of French L�on, LÉONE means "lion."
Male
Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of English Oscar, OKE means "god-spear."
Male
Greek
(Îῶε) Greek form of Hebrew Noach, NOE means "rest." In the bible, this is the name of the last antediluvian patriarch, the main character of the flood story.Â
Female
Scottish
Scottish form of Irish Gaelic Sláine, SLÀINE means "health."
Male
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Ben-Owniy, BEN-ONI means "son of my sorrow." In the bible, this is the name given to Benjamin by his mother Rachel as she died giving birth to him.
Female
Hawaiian
Hawaiian name NOE means "mist; misty rain."
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : nickname meaning ‘good’, from Old French bon ‘good’.English : nickname for a thin man, from Middle English bÅn ‘bone’ (Old English bÄn; compare Bain 2).Hungarian (Bóné) : from bóné denoting a particular kind of fishing net, hence a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or perhaps for a maker of such nets.
Male
English
Pet form of English Anthony, possibly TONE means "invaluable."Â
Surname or Lastname
Welsh
Welsh : nickname for a red-haired person (see Gough).English (of Cornish and Breton origin) : occupational name from Cornish and Breton goff ‘smith’ (cognate with Gaelic gobha). The surname is common in East Anglia, where it is of Breton origin, introduced by followers of William the Conqueror.Irish : reduced form of McGoff.Edward Goffe was a farmer in Cambridge MA whose house was acquired by Harvard College some time before 1654 and used as a dormitory, known as Goffe’s College.
Female
French
Feminine form of French L�on, LÉONNE means "lion."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a boundary stone or a prominent outcrop of rock, from Middle English hÅn ‘stone’, ‘rock’. This is the same word as modern English hone ‘whetstone’, and the surname may also be a metonymic occupational name for someone who used a whetstone to sharpen swords, daggers, and knives.Dutch and North German (Höne) : from the Germanic personal name Huno, a short form of the various compound names with the first element hÅ«n. Compare, for example, Humphrey. The exact meaning of this element is disputed, but it may be cognate with Old Norse húnn ‘bear cub’.
Female
English
 Variant spelling of English Oona, possibly ONA means "famine, hunger." Compare with another form of Ona.
Female
French
Feminine form of French L�on, LÉONIE means "lion."
Boy/Male
Anglo, British, English
Name of a King
Girl/Female
Arabic
One of the Lovers
OFF BY-ONE-ERROR
OFF BY-ONE-ERROR
Girl/Female
Latin
Protector.
Girl/Female
British, English, Spanish
Purity; Pure
Girl/Female
Tamil
Firm, Immovable, The earth
Boy/Male
Afghan, African, Arabic, French, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Muslim
Newborn Child; Father
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Maker; Creator; Another Name for God; Originator
Boy/Male
Irish
Renowned; noble.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Goddness Sita
Girl/Female
Greek Latin
The feminine form of Augustine.
Girl/Female
Latin
Jagged mountain. A mountain in Spain: (Montserrat); a monastery.
Boy/Male
American, British, English, Teutonic
From the Willow Valley
OFF BY-ONE-ERROR
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a.
Drawn by one horse; having but a single horse; as, a one-horse carriage.
pref.
Used in specifying adjacent dimensions; as, a cabin twenty feet by forty.
n.
One who goes by; a passer.
adv.
Aside; as, to lay by; to put by.
prep.
Not on; away from; as, to be off one's legs or off the bed; two miles off the shore.
v. t.
To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite; to assimilite.
adv.
Near; in the neighborhood; present; as, there was no person by at the time.
a.
Out of the common path; aside; -- used in composition, giving the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or collateral matter, a thing private or avoiding notice; as, by-line, by-place, by-play, by-street. It was formerly more freely used in composition than it is now; as, by-business, by-concernment, by-design, by-interest, etc.
pref.
Near to, while passing; hence, from one to the other side of; past; as, to go by a church.
a.
Denoting a person or thing conceived or spoken of indefinitely; a certain. "I am the sister of one Claudio" [Shak.], that is, of a certain man named Claudio.
n.
A single unit; as, one is the base of all numbers.
adv.
Denoting a different direction; not on or towards: away; as, to look off.
indef. pron.
Any person, indefinitely; a person or body; as, what one would have well done, one should do one's self.
adv.
By limitation to the number one; for one time; not twice nor any number of times more than one.
a.
Growing on one side of a stem; as, one-sided flowers.
a.
Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from his post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent; as, he took an off day for fishing: an off year in politics.
pref.
With, as means, way, process, etc.; through means of; with aid of; through; through the act or agency of; as, a city is destroyed by fire; profit is made by commerce; to take by force.
adv.
Passing near; going past; past; beyond; as, the procession has gone by; a bird flew by.
n.
One who, or that which, stands by one in need; something upon which one relies for constant use or in an emergency.
a.
Past; gone by.