overhead

Meanings

• the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes
• (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command
• (computer science) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing
• a transparency for use with an overhead projector
• (nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship
• a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
• located or originating from above
  • "an overhead crossing"
• above your head; in the sky
  • "planes were flying overhead"
• above the head; over the head
  • "bring the legs together overhead"

Synonyms

budget items, command overhead, command processing overhead, command processing overhead time, disk overhead, operating cost, operating expense, smash, viewgraph