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DEADBEEF
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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/dedbeef/ , n. The hexadecimal word-fill pattern for freshly allocated
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memory under a number of IBM environments, including the RS/6000. Some
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modern debugging tools deliberately fill freed memory with this value as a
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way of converting heisenbug s into Bohr bug s. As in Your program is
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DEADBEEF (meaning gone, aborted, flushed from memory); if you start from an
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odd half-word boundary, of course, you have BEEFDEAD. See also the anecdote
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under fool and dead beef attack.
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