Truncation error
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Truncation error or discretization error is error made by numerical algorithms that arises from taking finite number of steps in computation. It is present even with infinite-precision arithmetic, because it is caused by truncation of the infinite Taylor series to form the algorithm.
Use of arbitrarily small steps in numerical computation is prevented by roundoff errors, which are the consequence of using finite precision floating point numbers on computers.
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