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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Overrun \O`ver*run"\, v. i. 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 its due or desired length; as a line or advertisement, overruns. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Overrun \O`ver*run"\, v. t. [imp. {Overran}; p. p. {Overrun}; p. pr & vb n. {Overrunning}. ] 1. To run over to grow or spread over in excess; to invade and occupy; to take possession of as the vine overran its trellis; the farm is overrun with witch grass. Those barbarous nations that overran the world. --Spenser. 2. To exceed in distance or speed of running; to go beyond or pass in running. Ahimaaz run by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi. --2 Sam. xviii. 23. 3. To go beyond; to extend in part beyond; as one line overruns another in length. Note: In machinery, a sliding piece is said to overrun its bearing when its forward end goes beyond it 4. To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon None of them the feeble overran. --Spenser. 5. (Print.) a To carry over or back as type from one line or page into the next after or next before b To extend the contents of (a line column, or page) into the next line column, or page. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: overrun adj : (often followed by `with' or used in combination) troubled by or encroached upon in large numbers; "waters infested with sharks"; "shark-infested waters"; "the locust-overrun countryside"; "drug-plagued streets" [syn: {infested}, {plagued}] n : too much production or more than expected [syn: {overproduction}] v 1: invade in great numbers, as of pests [syn: {infest}] 2: flow or run over (a limit or brim) [syn: {overflow}, {well over}, {run over}, {brim over}] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: overrun n. 1. [techspeak] Term for a frequent consequence of data arriving faster than it can be consumed, esp. 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 msec to get to service the interrupt, at least one character will be lost. 2. Also applied to non-serial-I/O communications. "I forgot to pay my electric bill due to mail overrun." "Sorry, I got four phone calls in 3 minutes last night and lost your message to overrun." When {thrash}ing at tasks, the next person to make a request might be told "Overrun!" Compare {firehose syndrome}. 3. More loosely, may refer to a {buffer overflow} not necessarily related to processing time (as in {overrun screw}). From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: overrun 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 service the interrupt, at least one character will be lost. 2. Also applied to non-serial-I/O communications. "I forgot to pay my electric bill due to mail overrun." "Sorry, I got four phone calls in 3 minutes last night and lost your message to overrun." When {thrash}ing at tasks, the next person to make a request might be told "Overrun!" Compare {firehose syndrome}. 3. More loosely, may refer to a {buffer overflow} not necessarily related to processing time (as in {overrun screw}). [{Jargon File}]
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