Overflow may refer to:
Computing and telecommunications
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Integer overflow, 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 type of buffer overflow that occurs in the heap data area
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Overflow (software), 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, imp ...
, 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 s ...
, a proof technique in non-standard analysis, is less commonly called overflow
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Stack overflow in which a computer program makes too many subroutine calls and its call stack runs out of space
Other
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''Overflow'' (magazine), a free quarterly in Brooklyn, New York, US
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0verflow
(stylized 0verflow) is a Japanese video game division of specializing in the production of mature interactive fiction. The Overflow label is known for its game franchise '' School Days''. Stack's headquarters are located in the in Kanda, ...
, a Japanese video game developer
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River overflow
A flood is an overflow of water ( or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are an area of study of the discipline hydrol ...
, 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, a condition whereby untreated sewage is discharged into the environment, escaping wastewater treatment
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