Eli5-What does a “stack overflow” mean?
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Stack Overflow is a programming forum.
On a serious note: A Stack is a data storing structure. You can put information in, and take information out. A stack works in a LIFO (last in first out) format, where the last item you put in, will be the first you take out, like a stack of stuff IRL (hence the name stack).
A stack overflow is when you try to add data to a stack that has reached the item limit. Like when you try to stuff a box which is already full.
Keep in mind that a stack is coded to have an infinite storage space, but our RAM can only handle so much right? That’s why we set a data limit to a stack. A stack overflow happens when we exceed the limit we placed. The program will prohibit us from adding anymore to the full stack.
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