1. [techspeak] A flag on some processors indicating an attempt to calculate a result too large for a register to hold.
2. More generally, an indication of any kind of capacity overload
condition. Well, the Ada description was
baroque all right, but I could hack it OK until they
got to the exception handling ... that set my overflow bit.
3. The hypothetical bit that will be set if a hacker doesn't get to
make a trip to the Room of Porcelain Fixtures: I'd better process an
internal interrupt before the overflow bit gets set.
Crunchly and the overflow bit.
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