oversubscribe

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ subscribe

Verb

oversubscribe (third-person singular simple present oversubscribes, present participle oversubscribing, simple past and past participle oversubscribed)

  1. To subscribe to an extent that is greater than the availability
  2. (programming) To use the oversubscription technique in multithreading.
  3. (networking) To use the oversubscription technique in a computer network.

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