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Memory leak

Memory leaks are a consequence of a common error when programming, especially when programming in langauages that have no garbage collection.

The error occurs when a program/the programmer fails to release allocated memory to the system handling physical memory, which is often an operating system, resulting in an ever growing amount of memory being used.

This is a usual problem of C and C++, so many tools exist to help detect these problems in C.

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