oversubscription

English

Etymology

over- +‎ subscription

Noun

oversubscription (countable and uncountable, plural oversubscriptions)

  1. A subscription for more than is available.
  2. (programming) A multithreading technique involving an extra thread that runs tasks when all other threads are blocked.
  3. (networking) The practice of connecting multiple devices to the same switch port in a storage area network.
    • 2018, Jon Tate, Pall Beck, Hector Hugo Ibarra, Introduction to Storage Area Networks, page 171:
      You can overcome the oversubscription of an ISL by adding an ISL between the switches to increase the bandwidth.
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