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to overread

to overread

8.9
To read more data than is available and cause program errors
  • verb
  • /ˌoʊvərˈrɛd/
  • Specialized
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  • The developer fixed a bug where the function would overread the end of the data array.

Examples

  • If you overread the buffer, the program may crash or behave unpredictably.

  • Careful programming is needed to avoid overreading files in low-level code.

  • The program overread the data from the file.

  • If you overread, it may cause an error.

  • If you overread the buffer, the program may crash or behave unpredictably.

  • The developer fixed a bug where the function would overread the end of the data array.

  • Careful programming is needed to avoid overread errors when handling data.

Synonyms

to overrun
vsto overread
4 5.3

Go past a limit or planned time

is a computing case that reads too many bytes causing errors

How Much

to overread
  • Specialized
8.9
to read
302 3.9

Surface Forms

overread infinitive
overreading present participle
overreads third person singular
overread past
overread past participle

Morphology

overread = read (transparent) = over + read

Although used in a technical computing context, the meaning 'read beyond/beyond allowed' is a direct compositional extension of 'over-' + 'read'.

Etymology

Overread is made of over- (meaning 'beyond' or 'too far') and read, which helps you picture reading past the end of available data. So, in computing to overread is to read more bytes than are there and cause errors.