memory smash n.
[XEROX PARC] Writing through a pointer that
doesn't point to what you think it does. This occasionally reduces
your machine 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 doe
an allocation error or overrun condition.
[XEROX PARC] Writing through a pointer that
doesn't point to what you think it does. This occasionally reduces
your machine 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 doe
an allocation error or overrun condition.
Related:
- memory smash: [XEROX PARC] n. Writing through a pointer that
doesn't point to what you think it does.
This occasionally reduces your machine to a rubble... - aliasing bug: n. A class of subtle programming errors that can
arise in code that does dynamic allocation,
esp. via `malloc(3)' or equivalent. If several... - aliasing bug n.
A class of subtle programming errors that
can arise in code that does dynamic allocation,
esp. via malloc(3) or equivalent. If several pointers... - 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... - fandango on core: [UNIX/C hackers, from the Mexican dance] n.
In C, a wild pointer that runs out of bounds, causing... - overrun screw: [C programming] n. A variety of {fandango on
core} produced by scribbling past the end of an array (C
implementations typically have no checks for this error).
This is relatively benign and easy to spot if the... - 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... - overrun screw n.
[C programming] A variety of fandango on core produced by scribbling past the end of
implementations typically have no checks for this error).
This is relatively benign and easy to spot if the... - fandango on core n.
[Unix/C hackers, from the Iberian
dance] In C,
a wild pointer that runs out of bounds, causing a ...
From the same category:
- baud /bawd/ n.
[simplified from its technical meaning]
n.
Bits per second. Hence kilobaud or Kbaud, thousands... - grilf // n.
Girlfriend. Like newsfroup and
filk,
a typo reincarnated as a new word. Seems to have ... - troglodyte n.
[Commodore] 1. A hacker who never leaves his
cubicle.
The term `gnoll' (from Dungeons & Dragons) is also... - super source quench n.
A special packet designed to shut up
an Internet host.
The Internet Protocol (IP) has a control message ... - tube
1. n. A CRT terminal. Never used in the mainstream
sense of TV;
real hackers don't watch TV, except for Loony Toons...
