Question

Garbage collection can be used to mitigate the effects of one form of this error which occurs (-5[1])when there is not enough contiguous space to satisfy a memory allocation call. A call graph can be used to debug instances of this error which arise from infinite recursion or unintended cyclic calls (10[1])which consume more memory (10[1])than is available. (10[1])The handling of this phenomenon in C causes undefined behavior for signed integers and wrapping around for unsigned integers. This error’s integer form occurs when a value cannot be represented using the given number of bits. (10[1])For 10 points, name this error whose “stack” form shares a name with a popular online knowledge base. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: overflow [accept overrun; or stack overflow]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Alex Shi (DII)Swarthmore BMaryland16-5
Ivy Chen (DII)PrincetonNYU C5010
Geoffrey Wu (UG)Columbia ALehigh5410
Alex Emmert (DII)MarylandSwarthmore B5710
Elias Ziyadeh (DII)PennNYU B9310
Avyaya Singh (DII)Swarthmore AUniversity of Delaware B11210

Summary

2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers)10/14/2023Y5100%0%20%73.20