Definitions For Underflow

Verb

{{en-verb}} (computing) 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.

Noun

UNDERFLOW (plural UNDERFLOWs) A current flowing below the surface. (computing) 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 (computing) The error condition that results from an attempt to retrieve an item from an empty stack

Related terms

overflow

Translations

Czech: podtečení, n Finnish: alivuoto Slovak: podtečenie

Etymology

under + flow, modelled on overflow.

Anagrams

wonderful, wondreful

Is Underflow a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
19

The word Underflow is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends

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