underflow

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ flow, modelled on overflow.

Pronunciation

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Noun

underflow (plural underflows)

1. A current flowing below the surface.
2. (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.
3. (computing) The error condition that results from an attempt to retrieve an item from an empty stack.

Related terms

• overflow

Translations

computing: a condition in which the value of a computed quantity is smaller than the smallest non-zero value that can be physically stored

• Czech: podtečení n
• Finnish: alivuoto
• Lithuanian: atvirkštinis perpildymas m
• Slovak: podtečenie

Verb

underflow (third-person singular simple present underflows, present participle underflowing, simple past and past participle underflowed)

1. (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.

Anagrams

• wonderful, wondreful