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title: "Overhead (engineering)"
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In engineering, some methods or components make special demands on the system.  The extra design features necessary to meet these demands are called overhead. For instance, in electrical engineering, a particular integrated circuit might draw large current, requiring a robust power delivery circuit and a heat-dissipation mechanism.


== See also ==
Overhead (business)
Overhead (computing)


== References ==