:leaky heap: [Cambridge] n. An {arena} with a {memory leak}.
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- leaky heap n.
[Cambridge] An arena with a memory leak... - 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... - arena: [UNIX] n. The area of memory attached to a process by
`brk(2)' and `sbrk(2)' and used by `malloc(3)' as
dynamic storage.
So named from a `malloc: corrupt arena' message... - heavy metal: [Cambridge] n. Syn. {big iron}.
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In C, a wild pointer that runs out of bounds, causing... - leak: n. With qualifier, one of a class of resource-management bugs
that occur when resources are not freed properly after operations
on them are finished,
so they effectively disappear (leak out). This leads... - 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... - 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... - liveware: /li:v'weir/ n. 1. Synonym for {wetware}. Less
common.
2. [Cambridge] Vermin. "Waiter, there's some liveware...
From the same category:
- Marrying a man is like having your hair cut short. You won't know whether
it suits you until it's too late to change your mind.
Jane... - I'd insult you,
but you're not bright enough to notice... - Not only does God play dice with the Universe he sometimes casts them
where they can't be seen
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Stephen Hawking -- Nature 1975, _257_,... - People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw
stones... - We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years,
and justify our existence, on pain of liquidation....
