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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 exactl...
overrun screw: [C programming] n. A variety of {fandango on core} produced by scribbling past the end of an array (C implementations typically have no checks for this error).
This is relati...
Over the earth, the lake: The image of Gathering Together.
Thus the superior man renews his weapons In order to meet the unforeseen....
Over the hills and far away. -- John Gay (1688-1732) -- The Beggar's Opera, Act i, Sc. 1
Over the next few decades you'll convince people to stop pretending that survival requires courage, intelligence and wisdom.
Over the past ten years, for the first time, intelligence had become socially correct for girls.
-- Tom Wolfe, "Bonfire of the Vanitie...
Over the shoulder supervision is more a need of the manager than the programming task.
OVER the underpass! UNDER the overpass! Around the FUTURE and BEYOND REPAIR!
! -- Zippy the Pinhead...
Over the years, I've developed my sense of deja vu so acutely that now I can remember things that *have* happened before .
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Overwork, n. A dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing.
-- Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary...

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