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Overflow

Overflow: The inability of a memory location or data struct ure, such as an array, to accommodate data larger than a certain size or value.

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The inability of a memory location or data struct ure, such as an array, to accommodate data larger than a certain size or value. The 2007 VVSG define certain overflow conditions, such as array overflow, counter overflow, numeric overflow and stack overflow, which must be checked expressly by software.

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