overflow

English

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Etymology

From over- +‎ flow.

Literally corresponds to superfluous, which is from Latin, rather than Germanic.

Pronunciation

• (RP)
  • (noun): enPR: ōʹvə-flō', IPA: /ˈəʊvəˌfləʊ/, X-SAMPA: /"@Uv@%fl@U/
  • (verb): enPR: ō'və-flōʹ, IPA: /ˌəʊvəˈfləʊ/, X-SAMPA: /%@Uv@"fl@U/
• (GenAm)
  • (noun): enPR: ōʹvər-flō', IPA: /ˈoʊvɚˌfloʊ/, X-SAMPA: /"oUv@`%floU/
  • (verb): enPR: ō'vər-flōʹ, IPA: /ˌoʊvɚˈfloʊ/, X-SAMPA: /%oUv@`"floU/
• Rhymes: -əʊ

Noun

overflow (plural overflows)

1. The spillage resultant from overflow; excess.

Translations

spillage

• Finnish: ylivuoto (fi)
• French: débordement (fr) m
• Greek: υπερχείλιση (el) (ypercheílisi) f, υπερφόρτωση (el) (yperfórtosi) f, ξεχείλισμα (el) (xecheílisma) n
• Italian: straripamento (it)
• Kazakh: аса толтыру (kk) (asa toltırw)

• Malay: limpahan (ms)
• Romanian: revărsare (ro) f
• Russian: переполнение (ru) (perepolnénije) n, перелив (ru) (perelív) m, избыток (ru) (izbýtok) m (excess)
• Spanish: desbordamiento (es) m

Derived terms

• overflow hole

Verb

overflow (third-person singular simple present overflows, present participle overflowing, simple past and past participle overflowed)

1. To fill beyond the limits of a container or system.
2. To be superabundant; to abound.

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3. (computing, transitive, intransitive) To exceed the available numeric range.

   Calculating 255+1 will overflow an eight-bit byte.

Translations

to fill beyond the limits of

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 溢出 (cmn) (yìchū)

• Finnish: ylitäyttää (fi)
• French: déborder (fr)
• German: überfließen (de)

• Japanese: 溢れる (ja) (あふれる, afureru) (intransitive)
• Malay: limpah atas (ms)
• Maori: puha (mi), ngāekieki (mi), renga (mi), ngawhā (mi) (of a river)
• Russian: переполняться (ru) (perepolnjátʹsja) (intransitive), переполнять (ru) (perepolnjátʹ) (transitive), переливаться (ru) (perelivátʹsja) (intransitive)
• Scottish Gaelic: cuir thairis (gd)

computing: to exceed the available numeric range

• Finnish: ylittää rajoitus (fi)

• Russian: переполняться (ru) (perepolnjátʹsja) (intransitive), переполнять (ru) (perepolnjátʹ) (transitive)

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• Afrikaans: oorloop (af), oorstroom (af)
• Arabic: تجاوز (ar) (tajāwaza)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 泛濫 (faan6 laam6)

  Gan: please add this translation if you can

  Hakka: please add this translation if you can

  Mandarin: 溢出 (cmn) (yìchū)

  Min Dong: please add this translation if you can

  Min Nan: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: flyde over (da), gå over (da)
• Dutch: overlopen (nl), overstromen (nl)
• French: déborder (fr), transborder (fr), s'épancher (fr)
• German: überfließen (de), überfluten (de), überströmen (de), überlaufen (de)
• Greek: ξεχειλίζω (el) (xecheilízo), υπερχειλίζω (el) (ypercheilízo), υπερφορτώνω (el) (yperfortóno)
• Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: debordare (it), straripare (it)
• Japanese: 溢れる (ja) (afureru)
• Kashmiri: please add this translation if you can
• Kazakh: please add this translation if you can
• Khmer: ហៀរ (km) (hie)
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: oversvømme (no)
• Portuguese: transbordar (pt)
• Romanian: se revărsa (ro)
• Russian: бить ключом (ru) (bit’ ključóm), выходить за пределы (ru) (vyxodít’ za predély), переливаться (ru) (perelivát’s’a)
• Spanish: rebosar (es), desbordar (es)
• Swedish: översvämma (sv)
• Telugu: ఉప్పొంగు (te) (uppongu)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Derived terms

• buffer overflow
• underflow