oversubscribe
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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.
- 2024 February 21, “Network News: Northern seeks new recruits”, in RAIL, number 1003, page 17:
- The operator says its apprenticeship scheme is always oversubscribed, with more and more roles offered every year.
- (programming) To use the oversubscription technique in multithreading.
- (networking) To use the oversubscription technique in a computer network.