"undersubscribe" meaning in All languages combined

See undersubscribe on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: undersubscribes [present, singular, third-person], undersubscribing [participle, present], undersubscribed [participle, past], undersubscribed [past]
Etymology: under- + subscribe Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|subscribe}} under- + subscribe Head templates: {{en-verb}} undersubscribe (third-person singular simple present undersubscribes, present participle undersubscribing, simple past and past participle undersubscribed)
  1. To subscribe to an extent that is far less than is available or desirable.
    Sense id: en-undersubscribe-en-verb-IAZqd68w Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with under- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 19 20 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 46 26 28
  2. (computing) To have insufficient threads available in a multithreaded application so that all threads become blocked and performance suffers. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-undersubscribe-en-verb-2uWBfiXd Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  3. (computing) To employ more switch ports than necessary so that high-priority traffic is sure to be handled right away. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-undersubscribe-en-verb-n2x61Ane Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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