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buffer overflows

buffer overflows is the plural of buffer overflow.

Meaning of buffer overflow

Noun

buffer overflow (plural buffer overflows)

  1. (computer security) The event when the amount of data sought to be added to a buffer exceeds the size of the buffer; generally resulting in a catastrophic error if this case has not been anticipated.
    • When a program or process tries to store more data in a buffer than it was originally anticipated to hold, a buffer overflow occurs. What is really happening during a buffer overflow?2005, Gert De Laet, Gert Schauwers, Network Security Fundamentals, Cisco Press, →ISBN, page 28
    Synonyms:
    buffer overrun

Questions about buffer overflows

What is buffer overflows the plural of?
Buffer overflows is the plural of buffer overflow.

Words near buffer overflows in the dictionary

  1. buffer car
  2. buffer cars
  3. buffer lass
  4. buffer lasses
  5. buffer overflow
  6. buffer overflows
  7. buffer overrun
  8. buffer overruns
  9. buffer rodeo
  10. buffer rodeos
  11. buffer solution

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