overflow bit

overflow bit

(1)

A flag on some processors indicating an attempt to calculate a result too large for the destination register to hold.

overflow bit

(2)

More generally, an indication of any kind of capacity overload condition. "Well, the Ada description was baroque all right, but I could hack it OK until they got to the exception handling ... that set my overflow bit."

overflow bit

(3)

The hypothetical bit that will be set if a hacker doesn't get to make a trip to the Room of Porcelain Fixtures: "I'd better process an internal interrupt before the overflow bit gets set".

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