underflow

noun 3verb 2

Definitions

noun

1

A current flowing below the surface.

2

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

The error condition that results from an attempt to retrieve an item from an empty stack.

verb

1

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.

2

To trigger the error condition resulting from attempting to retrieve a value from an empty stack.

Upon an attempt to pop an empty stack, the stack underflows […]

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