underrun

Meanings

Noun

• A condition in which fewer products are delivered or produced than had been ordered.
• A condition in which the read/write buffer is fed with data at a slower rate than required; a buffer underrun.

Verb

• To run or pass under.
• To pass along and under, e.g. a cable, for the purpose of taking it in or examining it.
• To separate the parts of (a tackle) and put them in order.

Origin

• under- + run