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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :   [ foldoc ]

  underflow
       
           (or "floating point underflow", "floating
          underflow", after "{overflow") A condition that can occur
          when the result of a floating-point operation would be
          smaller in magnitude (closer to zero, either positive or
          negative) than the smallest quantity representable.  Underflow
          is actually (negative) overflow of the exponent of the
          floating point quantity.  For example, an eight-bit twos
          complement exponent can represent multipliers of 10^-128 to
          10^127.  A result less than 10^-128 would cause underflow.
       
          Depending on the processor, the programming language and the
          run-time system, underflow may set a status bit, raise an
          exception or generate a hardware interrupt or some
          combination of these effects.  Alternatively, it may just be
          ignored and zero substituted for the unrepresentable value,
          though this might lead to a later divide by zero error which
          cannot be so easily ignored.
       
          (1997-08-25)
       
       

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  underflow
     n.
     1 A current flowing below the surface.
     2 (lb en computing) A condition in which the value of a computed
  quantity is smaller than the smallest non-zero value that can be
  physically stored; usually treated as an error condition
     3 (lb en computing) The error condition that results from an attempt
  to retrieve an item from an empty stack
     vb.
     (lb en computing) To trigger the condition in which the value of a
  computed quantity is smaller than the smallest non-zero value that can
  be physically stored.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  underflow
     n.
     1 A current flowing below the surface.
     2 (lb en computing) A condition in which the value of a computed
  quantity is smaller than the smallest non-zero value that can be
  physically stored; usually treated as an error condition
     3 (lb en computing) The error condition that results from an attempt
  to retrieve an item from an empty stack
     vb.
     (lb en computing) To trigger the condition in which the value of a
  computed quantity is smaller than the smallest non-zero value that can
  be physically stored.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  underflow
     n.
     1 A current flowing below the surface.
     2 (lb en computing) A condition in which the value of a computed
  quantity is smaller than the smallest non-zero value that can be
  physically stored; usually treated as an error condition
     3 (lb en computing) The error condition that results from an attempt
  to retrieve an item from an empty stack
     vb.
     (lb en computing) To trigger the condition in which the value of a
  computed quantity is smaller than the smallest non-zero value that can
  be physically stored.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  underflow
     n.
     1 A current flowing below the surface.
     2 (lb en computing) A condition in which the value of a computed
  quantity is smaller than the smallest non-zero value that can be
  physically stored; usually treated as an error condition
     3 (lb en computing) The error condition that results from an attempt
  to retrieve an item from an empty stack
     vb.
     (lb en computing) To trigger the condition in which the value of a
  computed quantity is smaller than the smallest non-zero value that can
  be physically stored.

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Underflow /ˌʌndəflˈəʊ/
  خطأ معالجة

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  underflow /ˌʌndəflˈəʊ/ 
  nenaplnění

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  underflow /ˌʌndəflˈəʊ/ 
  podtečení

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  underflow /ˌʌndəflˈəʊ/
  Bereichsunterschreitung , Unterlauf  [comp.]
           Note: wenn ein Rechenergebnis die kleinste vom Rechner darstellbare Zahl unterschreitet
     Synonym: arithmetic underflow
  
   see: exponent underflow
  
           Note: when a calculation result is a smaller number than the computer can store in memory

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  underflow /ˌʌndəflˈəʊ/
  Niederschlag  [chem.]
           Note: vom Dekantieren
           Note: from decantation

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  underflow /ˌʌndəflˈəʊ/
  Unterlaufprodukt , Unterlauf 
           Note: beim Klassieren, Sinkgut  [constr.]  [min.]
           Note: beim Stromklassieren
           Note: in sizing and sluicing

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  underflow /ˌʌndəflˈəʊ/ 
  alivuoto
  computing: a condition in which the value of a computed quantity is smaller than the smallest non-zero value that can be physically stored

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  underflow /ˌʌndəflˈəʊ/
  donji tok, ispod granice, nedovoljni tok

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  underflow /ˌʌndəflˈəʊ/
  1. rostálási hulladék
  2. rostálási maradék
  3. talajvízszivárgás

From IPA:es_MX :   [ IPA:es_MX ]

  

/undeɾflow/

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  下溢

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     下溢

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