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1 definition found From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]: 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.? [73-07-24] Crunchly and the overflow bit.