Memory Leak

[Tony Penaherrera]

What does it mean? Is such thing memory leaks? If there is, what cause
memory to leak? Someone asked the other day and I wasn't able to provide him
with the answer.

Any comment would be great appreciated

Tony

 

[Thorsten Matzner]

What does it mean? Is such thing memory leaks? If there is, what cause
memory to leak?

A memory leak is caused by applications that do not release all memory
they occupied while running when they exit. The memory then can no
longer be used by other applications or Windows itself. Note: this
only affects the RAM, not the disk space.
This was a common problem in Windows 3.x for which OS several tools
existed that were able to free up such dead memory and make it
available again.
It happens with newer applications also in rare cases as you can see
when you scan for "memory" and "leak" in the Microsoft Knowledge Base
(http://support.microsoft.com/search).

 

[Richard Urban]

A memory leak is caused by an improperly coded program that keeps consuming
more and more memory without releasing it. When all available memory has
been consumed, the system will crash.

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Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

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