undersubscription

plural undersubscriptions

1. countableuncountableThe subscription of significantly less than is available.

   They may increase the size of the placing (green-shoe option) or decrease it in case of undersubscription.

   2013, Mario Levis, Silvio Vismara, Handbook of Research on IPOs, →ISBN, page 207

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   There were no instances of undersubscriptions in SDL auctions of 28 states as against 18 such instances last year.

   2013, State Finances, page 57

   Therefore, in the presence of an underwriter any risks associated with undersubscription are shifted from the company to the underwriter.

   2016, Craig Deegan, Financial Accounting, →ISBN

2. countableuncountablecomputingThe employment of more ports or bandwidth than necessary to ensure that network communication does not face delays.

   End-to-end QoS along with appropriate bandwidth provisioning specifically for Intra-Cluster Communication Signaling (ICCS) is required. Overprovisioning and undersubscription of bandwidth is recommended.

   2014, Akhil Behl, CCIE Collaboration Quick Reference, →ISBN

3. countableuncountablecomputingThe failure to provide sufficient threads in a multithreaded application.

   When there are not enough running threads to optimally exploit available PEs undersubscription occurs, resulting in a waste of performance.

   2012, Victor Pankratius, Michael Philippsen, Multicore Software Engineering, Performance and Tools, →ISBN