Eli5-What does a “stack overflow” mean?

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Eli5-What does a “stack overflow” mean?

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When you code a computer program, you need to use functions (to perform small tasks). Those functions need to use the stack – a special part of the memory of the computer.

If you use too many functions at the same time, the stack becomes full and you cannot use more functions -> we call this a **stack overflow**.

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