Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oversubscription

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables: over-sub-scrip-tion
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A subscription for more than is available.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A multithreading technique involving an extra thread that runs tasks when all other threads are blocked.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The practice of connecting multiple devices to the same switch port in a storage area network.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"This paper explores thread oversubscription, i.e., provisioning more threads than the available cores, to exploit CPU elasticity in the cloud."
"You can overcome the oversubscription of an ISL by adding an ISL between the switches to increase the bandwidth."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English subscription English oversubscription From over- + subscription.

Usage

Inflected Forms

oversubscriptions (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

oversubscribe

Questions

What does oversubscription mean?: A subscription for more than is available.
Where does oversubscription come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English subscription English oversubscription From over- + subscription.

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