Usually means: Allocating more resources than available.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word oversubscription:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. oversubscription: Merriam-Webster
  2. oversubscription: Collins English Dictionary
  3. oversubscription: Wordnik
  4. oversubscription: Wiktionary
  5. oversubscription: Dictionary.com
  6. oversubscription: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Oversubscription: bizterms.net
  3. Oversubscription: Bloomberg Financial Glossary
  4. Oversubscription: Financial dictionary
  5. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. oversubscription: Encyclopedia

(Note: See oversubscribe as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (oversubscription)

noun:  A subscription for more than is available.
noun:  (programming) A multithreading technique involving an extra thread that runs tasks when all other threads are blocked.
noun:  (networking) The practice of connecting multiple devices to the same switch port in a storage area network.

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