Overflow
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Literaly, overflow occurs when the volume of a substance exceeds the capacity of its intended container. A river in flood, for instance, may "overflow its banks". It is also used in a metaphorical sense, as "overflowing with enthusiasm." Other more specific uses of the term include:
- In telecommunication and telephony, overflow may refer to (see Federal Standard 1037C and MIL-STD-188)
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- the generation of potential traffic that exceeds the capacity of a communications system or subsystem.
- a count of telephone call attempts made on groups of busy trunks or access lines.
- traffic handled by overflow equipment.
- traffic that exceeds the capacity of the switching equipment and is therefore lost.
- on a particular route, excess traffic that is offered to another route, i.e., an alternate route.
- In computing, the term overflow can refer to
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- arithmetic overflow
- stack overflow in which a computer program makes too many subroutine calls and its call stack runs out of space.
- Buffer overflow (in the context of digital communication) which happens when the incoming data size exceeds that which can be accommodated by a buffer, resulting in the loss of information.
- In plumbing, a toilet, sink or rainwater tank may overflow, spilling water onto the surrounding area. Many sinks have built-in overflow pipes to drain excess water before it reaches the top.
- Overflow (band), a contemporary Christian pop rock band.
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