overpost

verb

1. To post too much or too often.

   “The result would be that he either overposts his work which necessitates adjournments with inconvenience all round ; or underposts, the consequence of which is delay in disposal.”

   “Because the post office processes metered mail faster, your mail will reach its destination sconer. You'll never have to overpost another letter again.”

   “In questioning by Plaintiff Attorney, and his attempts to gain testimony through you over the use of what is prudent or what is not, I think you said it is not prudent to overpost?”

   “You can overpost and wear out your welcome.”

2. To pass over swiftly, as if by post.

   “You may thank the unquiet time for your quiet o'erposting that action.”

3. To print a text label or other graphic feature on top of another symbol.

   “...labels must be positioned to avoid overposting, but without destroying the eye's ability to associate labels with appropriate features.”

   “In the other method, a mapping program may have the ability to avoid overposting.”

   “Generally, shot point data have less overposting when the data is posted perpendicular to the orientation of the seismic line.”

4. To place a poster so that it covers all or part of another poster.

   “Weathering and overposting of other posters destroyed most of the press run...”

   “The practice of overposting for the purpose of assuring suffcient advertising exposures for fulfilling the terms of contracts with advertisers will be permitted provided, however, that the required number of spaces for public service advertising are maintained as available and that any overposting above fifteen percent (15%) of the contracted space sold shall require prior authorization in writing by the Contracting Office.”

5. To breach security by overwriting data that is not intended for user input.

   “The major problem here is the approach of using the domain object directly as the parameter for the action method that allows a user to overpost.”

   “To protect from overposting attacks, please enable the specific properties you want to bind to.”

noun

1. An entry that has been posted more than once to a journal.

   “On Feb. 1, 1879, I discover that, though the Ledger of 1878 had been closed and balanced, the amount brought forward as due by W. Tarn should have been £52 14s. id. (not £32 15s. id.); and this is found to have been caused by an overpost to his credit from a correct Journal entry.”

2. An overlap of two graphic elements.

   “Mapping programs such as SACM have automatic overpost deletion routines but useful data often are eliminated.”

   “Even when the plot scale allows sufficient space for posting, overposts can occur because of the orientation of the lines.”

   “Figure 1 shows the use of the overpost environment to reposition text.”