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   overlay

   verb

   • 1. cover the surface of (something) with a coating: "their fingernails were overlaid with silver or gold"
   • ▪ lie on top of: "a third screen which will overlay the others"
   • 2. (of a quality or feeling) become more prominent than (a previous quality or feeling): "his openness had been overlaid by his new self-confidence"

   noun

   • 1. something laid as a covering over something else: "a durable, cost-effective floor overlay"
   • ▪ a transparent sheet placed over artwork or something such as a map, giving additional information or detail: "full-colour aerial photographs with overlays showing suggested routes"
   • ▪ a graphical computer display which can be superimposed on another.
   • 2. the process of transferring a block of program code or other data into internal memory, replacing what is already stored.
   • ▪ a block of code or other data transferred during the overlay process.

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