(Computers) error that occurs when a stream of data recorded on a CD is slower than the laser burning the CD (due to poor software or limited buffer memory in the CD drive)
In
computing, buffer underrun or buffer underflow is a state occurring when a
buffer used to communicate between two devices or
processes is fed with
data at a lower speed than the data is being read from it. This requires the program or device reading from the buffer to pause its processing while the buffer refills. This can cause undesired and sometimes serious side effects, since the data being buffered is generally not suited to stop-start access of this kind.
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