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2014-04-26 10:52:28 -04:00
memory smash
2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
n. [XEROX PARC] Writing through a pointer that doesn't point to what you
think it does. This occasionally reduces your memory to a rubble of bits.
Note that this is subtly different from (and more general than) related
terms such as a memory leak or fandango on core because it doesn't imply an
allocation error or overrun condition.