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OSU /O-S-U/ n. obs. [TMRC] Acronym for Officially Sanctioned Use
OTOH // [Usenet; very common] On The Other Hand.
out-of-band adj. [from telecommunications and network theory] 1.
overclock /oh'vr-klok'/ vt.
overflow bit n. 1. [techspeak] A flag on some processors indicating an attempt to calculate a result too large for a register to hold.
2. More generally, an indication of any kind of capa...
overflow pdl n. [MIT] The place where you put things when your PDL is full.
If you don't have one and too many things get pushed, you forget something....
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 ex...
overrun screw n. [C programming] A variety of fandango on core produced by scribbling past the end of implementations typically have no checks for this error).
This is relatively benign and...
P-mail n. [rare] Physical mail, as opposed to email.
Synonymous with snail-mail, but much less common....
P.O.D. /P-O-D/ [rare] Acronym for `Piece Of Data' (as opposed to a code section).
See also pod....

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