heap metadata
Heap metadata refers to the information stored by a heap memory management system, which keeps track of allocated and deallocated memory blocks. It includes details such as the size and status (allocated or freed) of each block, facilitating efficient memory allocation and deallocation.
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- data structure
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- garbage collection
- heap exploitation
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- memory access patterns
- memory address
- memory alignment
- memory allocation
- memory allocation strategies
- memory corruption
- memory deallocation
- memory footprint
- memory leaks
- memory overhead
- memory profiling
- memory protection
- memory segmentation
- memory utilization