OVERFLOW BIT

Domain	Definition
Computing	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 capacity overload condition. "Well, the {Ada description was baroque all right, but I could hack it OK until they got to the exception handling ... that set my overflow bit." 3. The hypothetical bit that will be set if a hacker doesn't get to make a trip to the Room of Porcelain Fixtures: "I'd better process an internal interrupt before the overflow bit gets set.". Source: Jargon File.
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Anagrams: OVERFLOW BIT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-e-f-i-l-o-o-r-t-v-w"
	-3 letters: overblow, overboil, overflow, overtoil.
	-4 letters: blowier, felwort, filbert, footier, footler, loftier, overlit, trefoil, webfoot, witloof, woolier.
	-5 letters: befool, blivet, blooie, blower, boiler, bolero, boleti, bolter, bootie, bowler, filter, flooie, floret, flower, foetor, foible, footer, footie, footle, fowler, frivol, lifter, lofter, loiter, looter, obvert, oolite, oriole, reboil, reboot, reflow, retool, revolt, riblet, toiler, tooler.
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