oversubscribe
English
Etymology
From over- + subscribe
Verb
oversubscribe (third-person singular simple present oversubscribes, present participle oversubscribing, simple past and past participle oversubscribed)
- To subscribe to an extent that is greater than the availability
- (programming) To use the oversubscription technique in multithreading.
- (networking) To use the oversubscription technique in a computer network.
Derived terms
- oversubscription