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

• 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

Further reading

• memory leak on Wikipedia.Wikipedia