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Buffer overflow

Also: queue overflow

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In plain language

An attempt to add data beyond available bounded storage.

Technical definition

Valid policies include reject, back-pressure, drop-oldest, drop-newest, or escalation, selected from loss and ordering requirements.

Example A full command queue rejects an ordinary command and reports queue-full when loss is forbidden.

Common misconception Silent overwrite is not acceptable merely because the data structure is circular.