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underrun en · NOUN

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English run English underrun From under- + run.

Meanings

1. A condition in which fewer products are delivered or produced than had been ordered.
2. A condition in which the read/write buffer is fed with data at a slower rate than required; a buffer underrun.

Forms

Deriveds

buffer underrun

Translations (1)

ja アンダーラン (computing: A condition in which the read/write buffer is fed with data at a slower rate than required)

underrun en · VERB

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English run English underrun From under- + run.

Meanings

1. To run or pass under.
   • He spoke fast, with the uneasy tone that so often underran his words. 1904, Katherine Cecil Thurston, The Masquerader, page 26:
2. To pass along and under, e.g. a cable, for the purpose of taking it in or examining it.
3. To separate the parts of (a tackle) and put them in order.

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