A memory leak is a memory access failure resulting from a program's failure to release memory, which can cause system instability.
A memory leak is a memory access failure caused by a program's inability to release memory after use, potentially leading to program failure.
| Vorderseite | memory leak |
|---|---|
| Rückseite | A memory access failure due to a defect in a program's dynamic store allocation logic that causes it to fail to release memory after it has finished using it, eventually causing the program and/or other concurrent processes to fail due to lack of memory. |
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