2014-04-26 10:52:28 -04:00
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overrun
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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n. 1. [techspeak] Term for a frequent consequence of data arriving faster
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than it can be consumed, esp. in serial line communications. For example, at
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9600 baud there is almost exactly one character per millisecond, so if a
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silo can hold only two characters and the machine takes longer than 2 msec
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to get to service the interrupt, at least one character will be lost. 2.
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Also applied to non-serial-I/O communications. I forgot to pay my electric
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bill due to mail overrun. Sorry, I got four phone calls in 3 minutes last
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night and lost your message to overrun. When thrash ing at tasks, the next
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person to make a request might be told Overrun! Compare firehose syndrome.
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3. More loosely, may refer to a buffer overflow not necessarily related to
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processing time (as in overrun screw ).
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