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- Software Engineering
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tags: [memory]
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# Memory leaks
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2024-02-02 15:58:13 +00:00
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A memory leak occurs when you program memory and forget to delete it once you
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are finished. The consequences of memory leak is that it reduces the performance
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of the computer by reducing the amount of available memory. Eventually, in the
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worst case, too much of the available memory may become allocated and all or
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part of the system or device stops working correctly, the application fails, or
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the system slows down vastly .
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