This usually refers to the amount of room you have left to increase the volume without distorting.
Technically speaking:
"the amount of decibel output that can be spared from where your signal is, and the maximum signal level without opening distortion into the mix."
from:
http://homerecording.about.com/od/recordingglossary/g/def_headroom.htm
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