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Stack overflow (disambiguation)

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A stack overflow is a programming error when too much memory is used on the call stack.

Stack overflow may also refer to:

  • Stack buffer overflow, when a program writes to a memory address on the program's call stack outside of the intended data structure; usually a fixed length buffer
  • Stack Overflow, a question-and-answer website on the topic of computer programming