"underflow" meaning in English

See underflow in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: underflows [plural]
Etymology: under- + flow, modelled on overflow. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|flow}} under- + flow, {{m|en|overflow}} overflow Head templates: {{en-noun}} underflow (plural underflows)
  1. A current flowing below the surface.
    Sense id: en-underflow-en-noun-RaXxFzUJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with under- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 18 17 18 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 30 21 23 26
  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 Categories (topical): Computing 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): podtečení [neuter] (Czech), alivuoto (Finnish), atvirkštinis perpildymas [masculine] (Lithuanian), podtečenie (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-underflow-en-noun-flfWv0Gv Categories (other): English terms prefixed with under- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 30 21 23 26 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: a condition in which the value of a computed quantity is smaller than the smallest non-zero value that can be physically stored': 3 78 19
  3. (computing) The error condition that results from an attempt to retrieve an item from an empty stack Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-underflow-en-noun-ZMzlBcq8 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with under- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 30 21 23 26 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: overflow

Verb

Forms: underflows [present, singular, third-person], underflowing [participle, present], underflowed [participle, past], underflowed [past]
Etymology: under- + flow, modelled on overflow. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|flow}} under- + flow, {{m|en|overflow}} overflow Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-underflow-en-verb-8sHgXvYq Categories (other): English terms prefixed with under- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 30 21 23 26 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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