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A memory leak is a bug in a program or application that prevents it from freeing up device memory that it no longer needs to operate. As a result, the program grabs more and more memory until it finally crashes because there is no more memory left.

 

 

 

Web Webster
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Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and healthcare, as well as Dotdash’s Lifewire.com. In addition to editing webopedia.com, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including LinuxToday.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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