Overflow

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Overflow may refer to:

• 0verflow, a Japanese eroge developer

Computing and telecommunications

• arithmetic overflow, a condition that occurs when a calculation produces a result that is greater than what a given register can store or represent
• integer overflow, a condition that occurs when an integer calculation produces a result that is greater than what a given register can store or represent
• buffer overflow, a situation whereby the incoming data size exceeds that which can be accommodated by a buffer.
• heap overflow
• Overflow (software), a NASA-developed computational fluid dynamics program using overset (Chimera) grids
• overflow condition, a situation that occurs when more information is being transmitted than the hardware can handle
• overspill, a proof technique in non-standard analysis, is less commonly called overflow
• stack overflow in which a computer program makes too many subroutine calls and its call stack runs out of space

Other

• Sanitary sewer overflow, a condition whereby untreated sewage is discharged into the environment, escaping wastewater treatment