OVERSUBSCRIBE

Etymology

Verb

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

(programming) To use the oversubscription technique in multithreading.

(networking) To use the oversubscription technique in a computer network.

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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