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overflow
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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.


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With slightly higher timber and glass signage screens enclosing the balcony vending points and seating areas, invisible white-noise curtains are employed to mysteriously absorb sound overspill between break-out spaces and workstations.
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