STACK OVERFLOW
\stˈak ˌə͡ʊvəflˈə͡ʊ], \stˈak ˌəʊvəflˈəʊ], \s_t_ˈa_k ˌəʊ_v_ə_f_l_ˈəʊ]\
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An error condition which results from attemptingto push more items onto a stack than space has beenallocated for. Often, this will simply overwrite the adjacentmemory locations causing hard-to-trace bugs.Stack overflow can result, for example, from an insufficientnumber of stack frames to handle hardware interrupts.
By Denis Howe
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tinctura quininae ammoniata
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