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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Memory leak n. An error in a program's dynamic-store allocation logic that causes it to fail to reclaim discarded memory, leading to eventual collapse due to memory exhaustion. Also (esp. at CMU) called core leak. These problems were severe on older machines with small, fixed-size address spaces, and special "leak detection" tools were commonly written to root them out. With the advent of virtual memory, it is unfortunately easier to be sloppy about wasting a bit of memory (although when you run out of memory on a VM machine, it means you've got a _real_ leak!). See aliasing bug, fandango on core, smash the stack, precedence lossage, overrun screw, leaky heap, leak. Source: Jargon File. |
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Crosswords: MEMORY LEAK |
| Specialty definitions using "MEMORY LEAK": aliasing bug ♦ core leak ♦ fandango on core ♦ leaky heap ♦ memory smash ♦ precedence lossage ♦ stale pointer bug. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
memory leak | 220 |
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memory leak window | 9 |
java memory leak | 7 |
memory leak window 98 | 6 |
memory leak detector | 4 |
memory leak detection | 3 |
memory leak tool | 2 |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-k-l-m-m-o-r-y" | |
-2 letters: yarmelke. | |
-3 letters: myeloma. | |
-4 letters: areole, leaker, meekly, memory, merely, morale, remake, yammer. | |
-5 letters: ameer, amole, early, emery, emmer, laker, lamer, laree, larky, layer, leaky, leary, leery, lemma, loamy, maker, malmy, mamey, marly, mayor, mealy, merle, molar, morae, moral, moray, morel, myoma, rakee, ramee, rammy, realm, reeky, rekey, relay, royal, yokel. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 45 4D 4F 52 59 4C 45 41 4B |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01000101 01001101 01001111 01010010 01011001 00100000 01001100 01000101 01000001 01001011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M E M O R Y   L E A K |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0045 004D 004F 0052 0059 004C 0045 0041 004B |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)473947495259246393545 |
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