underflow
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
under- + flow, modelled on overflow.
Noun[edit]
underflow (plural underflows)
- A current flowing below the surface.
- (computing) 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
- (computing) The error condition that results from an attempt to retrieve an item from an empty stack
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Translations[edit]
computing: a condition in which the value of a computed quantity is smaller than the smallest non-zero value that can be physically stored
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Verb[edit]
underflow (third-person singular simple present underflows, present participle underflowing, simple past and past participle underflowed)
- (computing) 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.