Associations to the word «Underflow»

Wiktionary

UNDERFLOW, noun. (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
UNDERFLOW, noun. (computing) The error condition that results from an attempt to retrieve an item from an empty stack
UNDERFLOW, verb. (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.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats