A stack overflow is an undesirable condition in which a particular computer program tries to use more memory space than the called stack has available.

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A	True
B	False
C	Either A or B
D	None of the above

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -A stack overflow is a type of buffer overflow error that occurs when a computer program tries to use more memory space in the call stack than has been allocated to that stack.

Detailed explanation-2: -Explanation: Underflow occurs when the user performs a pop operation on an empty stack. Overflow occurs when the stack is full and the user performs a push operation.

Detailed explanation-3: -StackOverflowError is a runtime error which points to serious problems that cannot be caught by an application. The java. lang. StackOverflowError indicates that the application stack is exhausted and is usually caused by deep or infinite recursion.

Detailed explanation-4: -Definition. A stack overflow is a run-time software bug when a program attempts to use more space than is available on the run-time stack, which typically results in a program crash.

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