Overflow may refer to:
Computing and telecommunications
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Integer overflow
In computer programming, an integer overflow occurs when an arithmetic operation on integers attempts to create a numeric value that is outside of the range that can be represented with a given number of digits – either higher than the maximu ...
, a condition that occurs when an integer calculation produces a result that is greater than what a given register can store or represent
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Buffer overflow, a situation whereby the incoming data size exceeds that which can be accommodated by a buffer.
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Heap overflow
A heap overflow, heap overrun, or heap smashing is a type of buffer overflow that occurs in the heap data area. Heap overflows are exploitable in a different manner to that of stack-based overflows. Memory on the heap is dynamically allocated a ...
, a type of buffer overflow that occurs in the heap data area
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Overflow (software)
OVERFLOW - the OVERset grid FLOW solver - is a software package for simulating fluid flow around solid bodies using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). It is a compressible 3-D flow solver that solves the time-dependent, Reynolds-averaged, Navi ...
, a NASA-developed computational fluid dynamics program using overset (Chimera) grids
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Overflow condition
Traffic shaping is a bandwidth management technique used on computer networks which delays some or all datagrams to bring them into compliance with a desired ''traffic profile''. Traffic shaping is used to optimize or guarantee performance, improv ...
, a situation that occurs when more information is being transmitted than the hardware can handle
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Overspill
In nonstandard analysis, a branch of mathematics, overspill (referred to as ''overflow'' by Goldblatt (1998, p. 129)) is a widely used proof technique. It is based on the fact that the set of standard natural numbers N is not an internal sub ...
, a proof technique in non-standard analysis, is less commonly called overflow
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Stack overflow
In software, a stack overflow occurs if the call stack pointer exceeds the stack bound. The call stack may consist of a limited amount of address space, often determined at the start of the program. The size of the call stack depends on many fa ...
in which a computer program makes too many subroutine calls and its call stack runs out of space
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Overflow (company)
(stylized 0verflow) is the adult game brand of Japanese video game company known for its '' School Days franchise.'' Stack's headquarters are located in the in Kanda, Chiyoda, Tokyo.
Overflow's ''PureMail'' video game was adapted into a ...
, a Japanese video game developer
*''Overflow'' (magazine), a free quarterly in Brooklyn, New York, US
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River overflow
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of its course if it run ...
, a relatively long and significant increase in the water content of a river, causing a rise in its level
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Sanitary sewer overflow
Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) is a condition in which untreated sewage is discharged from a sanitary sewer into the environment prior to reaching sewage treatment facilities. When caused by rainfall it is also known as wet weather overflow. Cause ...
, a condition whereby untreated sewage is discharged into the environment, escaping wastewater treatment
*"Overflow", a 2023 song by Polaris from the album ''
Fatalism
Fatalism is a belief and philosophical doctrine which considers the entire universe as a deterministic system and stresses the subjugation of all events, actions, and behaviors to fate or destiny, which is commonly associated with the cons ...
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*"Overflow", a 2024 song by Linkin Park from the album ''
From Zero
''From Zero'' is the eighth studio album by American Rock music, rock band Linkin Park. It was released on November 15, 2024, through Warner Records and Machine Shop Records, Machine Shop, and is Linkin Park's first studio album since ''One Mor ...
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