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Overflow error — OCR GCSE Computer Science Definition | GradeGen

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GCSE Computer Science · key term

Overflow error

Definition

An error occurring when a calculation produces a result too large to be represented using the number of bits available.

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OCR GCSE Computer Science · J277

Paper 1

An overflow error occurs when the result needs more bits than are available.
Revise: Binary Addition and Overflow

OCR Computer Science past papers

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