Memory Leak
A memory leak is a defect in which a program allocates memory during execution but fails to release it after it is no longer needed, causing available memory to shrink over time until performance degrades or the process crashes.
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Garbage Collection
Garbage collection is an automatic memory management process that identifies and reclaims memory occupied by objects that a program can no longer reach or use,…
Memory Leak
A memory leak is a defect in which a program allocates memory during execution but fails to release it after it is no longer needed, causing available memory t…
Pointer
A pointer is a variable that stores a memory address rather than a value directly, allowing a program to reference and manipulate data indirectly through that…