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1. A frequent consequence of data arriving faster than it can be consumed, especially in serial line communications. For example, at 9600 baud there is almost exactly one character per millisecond, so if a silo can hold only two characters and the machine takes longer than 2 milliseconds to get to ...
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Overrun
An attack in overwhelming strength made by units in travel formation rather than deployed for combat.
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Overrun
Wargaming term describing an attack in overwhelming strength made by units in travel formation rather than deployed for combat.
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Overrun
Often used to describe the condition where rotating machinery is in a coast down condition i.e. the rotational speed is decreasing.
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Overrun
O`ver·run' transitive verb [ imperfect Overran ; past participle Overrun ; present participle & verbal noun Overrunning . ] 1. To run over; to gro...
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Overrun
O`ver·run' intransitive verb 1. To run, pass, spread, or flow over or by something; to be beyond, or in excess. « Despised and trodden down of all that overran .» Spenser. 2. (Print.) To extend beyond...
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Overrun
• (v. t.) To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon. • (p. p.) of Overrun • (v. i.) To run, pass, spread, or flow over or by something; to be beyond, or in excess. • (v. t.) To extend the contents of (a line, column, or page) into the next line, column, or page. • (v. t.) ...
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overrun
(from the article `dairy product`) ...In the United States, for example, ice cream must contain at least 10 percent fat and 20 percent total milk solids. In freezing, the volume may be ...
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Overrun
In the context of project financing, the amount of capital expenditures or funding above the original estimate to complete the project.
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Overrun
Additional numbers of a print vehicle that are produced in excess of those needed for distribution. Overruns may take place to meet unexpected needs or demands.
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Overrun
The number of pieces that were printed in excess of the quantity specified.
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Overrun
Distance allowed beyond a normal stopping point in case a train fails to stop in the correct position. The distance is dependent upon speed and braking capacity of the train.
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overrun
A program or report which is too long for its allotted time slot. See also run to time.
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overrun
1) Infest 2) Infested 3) Plagued 4) Production excess 5) Trample 6) Troubled
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