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memory smash
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.