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overlay
(1) A storage allocation technique in which computer program segments are loaded from auxiliary storage to main storage when needed, overwriting other segments not currently in use.~(2) A computer program segment that is maintained in auxiliary storage and loaded into main storage when needed, overwriting other segments not currently in use.~(3) To load a computer program segment from auxiliary storage to main storage in such a way that other segments of the program are overwritten.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Computer; Software
- Category: Software engineering
- Organization: IEEE Computer Society
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