leaky heap

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leaky heap - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  memory leak
  core leak
  leaky heap
  
     <programming> A leak in a program's dynamic store
     allocation logic that causes it to fail to reclaim memory in
     the heap after it has finished using it, eventually causing
     the program to fail due to lack of memory.
  
     These problems were severe on older machines with small,
     fixed-size address spaces, and special "leak detection" tools
     were written to diagnose them.
  
     The introduction of virtual memory made memory leaks a less
     serious problem, although if you run out of virtual memory
     , it means you've got a *real* leak!
  
     See aliasing bug.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (2003-10-07)
  

leaky heap - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  leaky heap
   n.
  
     [Cambridge] An arena with a memory leak.