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{{mergefrommerge|Arithmetic overflow|discuss=Talk:integer_overflow#Merger proposal|date=September 2015}}

[[Image:Odometer rollover.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Odometer]] rollover, a mechanical form of integer overflow. All digits are set to the maximum 9 and the next increment of the white digit causes a cascade of carry-over additions setting all digits to 0 but there is no higher digit to change to a 1, so the counter resets to zero.]]