Overflow

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Overflow may refer to:

Computing and telecommunications

  • Buffer overflow, a situation whereby the incoming data size exceeds that which can be accommodated by a buffer
  • Stack overflow in which a computer program makes too many subroutine calls and its call stack runs out of space
  • Heap overflow
  • Arithmetic overflow, a condition that occurs when a calculation produces a result that is greater than what a given register can store or represent
  • Overflow condition, a situation that occurs when more information is being transmitted than the hardware can handle
  • 0verflow, a Japanese eroge developer
  • Overflow (software), a NASA-developed computational fluid dynamics program using overset (Chimera) grids

Water

  • Overflow, A situation observed on frozen rivers when the water flowing beneath the ice seeps up through cracks in the ice. Occurs as the ice cover on the river thickens, freezing steadily downward toward the river bed, and the space available for water to flow is decreased, causing increased flow velocities and pressure. Overflow and the patches of open water and wet snow associated with it are problematic for travel on rivers in cold climates.
  • Sanitary sewer overflow, a condition whereby untreated sewage is discharged into the environment, escaping wastewater treatment

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  • Overflow — O ver*flow , n. 1. A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance. Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • overflow — ► VERB 1) flow over the brim of a receptacle. 2) be excessively full or crowded. 3) (overflow with) be very full of (an emotion). ► NOUN 1) the overflowing of a liquid. 2) the excess not able to be accommodated by a space …   English terms dictionary

  • overflow — [n] flood, inundation advance, cataclysm, cataract, congestion, deluge, discharge, encroachment, enforcement, engorgement, excess, exuberance, flash flood, flooding, infringement, niagara, overabundance, overcrowding, overkill, overmuch,… …   New thesaurus

  • overflow — [ō΄vər flō′; ] also, and for n.always [, ō′vər flō΄] vt. 1. to flow over or across; flood 2. to flow over the brim or edge of 3. to cause to overflow by filling beyond capacity vi. 1. to flow beyond the limits; run over 2. to be more than full or …   English World dictionary

  • Overflow — O ver*flow , v. i. 1. To run over the bounds. [1913 Webster] 2. To be superabundant; to abound. Rogers. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Overflow — O ver*flow , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overflowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overflowing}.] [AS. oferfl?wan. See {Over}, and {Flow}.] 1. To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Overflow — (engl. für Überlauf, überfließen) bezeichnet: in der Informatik: einen Arithmetischen Überlauf einen Pufferüberlauf einen japanischen Erogē Produzenten: 0verflow Diese Seite ist eine …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • overflow — index balance (amount in excess), cataclysm, inundate, outflow, overage, plethora, surfeit, surplus Burton s …   Law dictionary

  • overflow — *teem, swarm, abound …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • overflow — as a verb, has the past form and past participle overflowed …   Modern English usage

  • overflow — I UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈfləʊ] / US [ˌoʊvərˈfloʊ] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms overflow : present tense I/you/we/they overflow he/she/it overflows present participle overflowing past tense overflowed past participle overflowed 1) a) to flow… …   English dictionary

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