underflow

  1. Noun.  (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.
  2. Noun.  (computing) The error condition that results from an attempt to retrieve an item from an empty stack.

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