What does underflow mean?
A condition in which a numerical value or quantity is too small to be represented by a computer or other digital system, resulting in an incorrect or unpredictable result. In computing, a situation in which a variable or data structure is too small to hold the data being processed.
Example
"The program crashed due to an underflow error when it tried to calculate the square root of a negative number."
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