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overflow Computing a condition that occurs when numeric operations produce results too large to store in the register available overflow [′ō·vər‚flō] (civil engineering) Any device or structure that conducts excess water or sewage from a conduit or container. (computer science) The condition that arises when the result of an arithmetic operation exeeds the storage capacity of the indicated result-holding storage. That part of the result which exceeds the storage capacity. (science and technology) Excess liquid which overflows its given limits. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| This log-cabin had a loft, where we boys slept, and in the loft were stored in barrels the books that had now begun to overflow the bookcase. May all the corn-bins be full and the mass of dough always overflow the kneading-trough. When Rowena had at last done all her duty by the people in the parlor, she went upstairs to satisfy the longings of an overflow meeting there, for the parlor was not big enough to hold all the comers. |
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