Overlay

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An overlay might be:

  • Overlay Control in semiconductor manufacturing, for monitoring layer-to-layer alignment on multi-layer device structures.
  • Video overlay, techniques to display video on computer displays.
  • Hardware overlay, one type of video overlay that uses memory dedicated to the application.
  • Overlay (programming), a technique to reduce the amount of memory used by a program.
  • Overlay (operating system), replacing one process by another
  • Overlay network, a computer network which is built on top of another network
  • Overlay (gentoo), a different location for the ebuilds
  • Overlay plan, a method of introducing new area codes in telephony.
  • Overlay (urban planning), a method where a city makes a zoning exception and "overlays" a neighorborhood.
  • Smothering, where an adult rolls over an infant while asleep.
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