memory leak

English

Noun

memory leak (plural memory leaks)

1. (computing) Any of several faults in the memory allocation logic of a computer or program whereby parts of memory become hidden or unusable.

   Synonym: (rare) memory hole

   I tracked down my program’s memory leak to a function that didn’t release graphics resources properly.

Translations

any of several faults in the memory allocation logic of a computer or program

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 內存洩漏 / 内存泄漏 (nèicún xièlòu) Finnish: muistivuoto French: fuite de mémoire (fr) f German: Speicherleck n, Speicherloch n Polish: wyciek pamięci (pl) m Portuguese: vazamento de memória (pt) m Russian: утечка памяти (ru) f (utečka pamjati) Spanish: pérdida de memoria f Swedish: minnesläcka (sv) Turkish: bellek sızıntısı, hafıza sızıntısı

Further reading

• memory leak on Wikipedia.Wikipedia