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underflow en · NOUN

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Etymology

From under- + flow, modelled on overflow.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A current flowing below the surface.
2. (countable, uncountable) A condition in which the value of a computed quantity is smaller than the smallest non-zero value that can be physically stored; usually treated as an error condition.
3. (countable, uncountable) The error condition that results from an attempt to retrieve an item from an empty stack.

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overflow

Translations (5)

cs podtečení (computing: a condition in which the value of a computed quantity is smaller than the smallest non-zero value that can be physically stored) · sk podtečenie (computing: a condition in which the value of a computed quantity is smaller than the smallest non-zero value that can be physically stored) · fi alivuoto (computing: a condition in which the value of a computed quantity is smaller than the smallest non-zero value that can be physically stored) · lt atvirkštinis perpildymas (computing: a condition in which the value of a computed quantity is smaller than the smallest non-zero value that can be physically stored) · pl niedomiar (computing: a condition in which the value of a computed quantity is smaller than the smallest non-zero value that can be physically stored)

underflow en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From under- + flow, modelled on overflow.

Meanings

1. To trigger the condition in which the value of a computed quantity is smaller than the smallest non-zero value that can be physically stored.
2. To trigger the error condition resulting from attempting to retrieve a value from an empty stack.
   • Upon an attempt to pop an empty stack, the stack underflows […] 2022, Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Introduction to Algorithms, fourth edition, page 255:

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