:buffer overflow: n. What happens when you try to stuff more data
into a buffer (holding area) than it can handle. This may be due
to a mismatch in the processing rates of the producing and
consuming processes (see {overrun} and {firehose syndrome}),
or because the buffer is simply too small to hold all the data that
must accumulate before a piece of it can be processed. For example,
in a text-processing tool that {crunch}es a line at a time, a
short line buffer can result in {lossage} as input from a long
line overflows the buffer and trashes data beyond it. Good
defensive programming would check for overflow on each character
and stop accepting data when the buffer is full up. The term is
used of and by humans in a metaphorical sense. "What time did I
agree to meet you? My buffer must have overflowed." Or "If I
answer that phone my buffer is going to overflow." See also
{spam}, {overrun screw}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
into a buffer (holding area) than it can handle. This may be due
to a mismatch in the processing rates of the producing and
consuming processes (see {overrun} and {firehose syndrome}),
or because the buffer is simply too small to hold all the data that
must accumulate before a piece of it can be processed. For example,
in a text-processing tool that {crunch}es a line at a time, a
short line buffer can result in {lossage} as input from a long
line overflows the buffer and trashes data beyond it. Good
defensive programming would check for overflow on each character
and stop accepting data when the buffer is full up. The term is
used of and by humans in a metaphorical sense. "What time did I
agree to meet you? My buffer must have overflowed." Or "If I
answer that phone my buffer is going to overflow." See also
{spam}, {overrun screw}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- buffer overflow n.
What happens when you try to stuff
more data into a buffer (holding area) than it can handle.
This problem is commonly exploited by crackers to... - 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... - 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... - spam: [from the {MUD} community] vt. 1. To crash a program by
overrunning a fixed-size buffer with excessively large input data.
See also {buffer overflow}, {overrun screw}, {smash... - spam vt.,vi.,n.
[from "Monty Python's Flying
Circus"] 1.
To crash a program by overrunning a fixed-size buffer... - firehose syndrome: n. In mainstream folklore it is observed that
trying to drink from a firehose can be a good way to rip your lips
off.
On computer networks, the absence or failure of flow... - s%d: ring
buffer... - firehose syndrome n.
In mainstream folklore it is observed
that trying to drink from a firehose can be a good way to rip your
lips off.
On computer networks, the absence or failure of flow... - buffer chuck n.
Shorter and ruder syn.
for buffer overflow...
