underflow — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. A current flowing below the surface.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

2. 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.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

3. The error condition that results from an attempt to retrieve an item from an empty stack.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

Verbo

1. 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.

2. To trigger the error condition resulting from attempting to retrieve a value from an empty stack.

   Esempi

   Upon an attempt to pop an empty stack, the stack underflows […]