overflow pdl

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

overflow pdl

   <jargon> The place where you put things when your {pdl} is
   full.  If you don't have one and too many things get pushed,
   you forget something.  The overflow pdl for a person's memory
   might be a memo pad.  This usage inspired the following
   doggerel:

    Hey, diddle, diddle
    The overflow pdl
      To get a little more stack;
    If that's not enough
    Then you lose it all,
      And have to pop all the way back.
   			       --The Great Quux

   The term {pdl} seems to be primarily an {MIT}ism; outside MIT
   this term is replaced by "overflow {stack}".

   (2008-05-30)