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memory leak
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n. An error in a program's dynamic-store allocation logic that causes it to
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fail to reclaim discarded memory, leading to eventual collapse due to memory
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exhaustion. Also (esp. at CMU) called core leak. These problems were severe
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on older machines with small, fixed-size address spaces, and special leak
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detection tools were commonly written to root them out. With the advent of
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virtual memory, it is unfortunately easier to be sloppy about wasting a bit
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of memory (although when you run out of memory on a VM machine, it means
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you've got a real leak!). See aliasing bug , fandango on core , smash the
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stack , precedence lossage , overrun screw , leaky heap , leak.
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