OVERRUNNING

v. invade; infest; swarm; triumph; exceed; print excess amount

Noun
1. too much production or more than expected
(synonym) overproduction
(hypernym) production
(derivation) overflow, well over, run over, brim over
Verb
1. invade in great numbers; "the roaches infested our kitchen"
(synonym) infest
(hypernym) invade, occupy
2. occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"
(synonym) invade, infest
(hypernym) inhabit, occupy
3. flow or run over (a limit or brim)
(synonym) overflow, well over, run over, brim over
(hypernym) spill, run out
(hyponym) geyser
(entail) run, flow, feed, course
(derivation) overproduction
4. seize the position of and defeat; "the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land"
(hypernym) get the better of, overcome, defeat
5. run beyond or past; "The plane overran the runway"
(hypernym) overshoot
Adjective
1. (often followed by `with' or used in combination) troubled by or encroached upon in large numbers; "waters infested with sharks"; "shark-infested waters"; "the locust-overrun countryside"; "drug-plagued streets"
(synonym) infested, plagued
(similar) troubled
(classification) combining form

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Overrun
  

1. A frequent consequence of data arriving faster than it can be consumed, especially in serial line communications. For example, at 9600 baud there is almost exactly one character per millisecond, so if a silo can hold only two characters and the machine takes longer than 2 milliseconds to get to service the interrupt, at least one character will be lost.
2. Also applied to non-serial-I/O communications. "I forgot to pay my electric bill due to mail overrun." "Sorry, I got four phone calls in 3 minutes last night and lost your message to overrun." When thrashing at tasks, the next person to make a request might be told "Overrun!" Compare firehose syndrome.
3. More loosely, may refer to a buffer overflow not necessarily related to processing time (as in overrun screw).
[Jargon File]

A weather pattern in which a relatively warm air mass is in motion above another air mass of greater density at the surface. Embedded thunderstorms sometimes develop in such a pattern; severe thunderstorms (mainly with large hail) can occur, but tornadoes are unlikely.
Overrunning often is applied to the case of warm air riding up over a retreating layer of colder air, as along the sloping surface of a warm front. Such use of the term technically is incorrect, but in general it refers to a pattern characterized by widespread clouds and steady precipitation on the cool side of a front or other boundary.