Overflow error: An error that occurs when a number exceeds the maximum value that can be stored in a fixed number of bits.
How to apply it: Identify overflow as a source of errors in programs that perform arithmetic with fixed-width integers.
Course: AP Computer Science Principles · Unit: Data
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