Notes on  MEMORY LEAK 

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.

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