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malloc en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of map + allocate.

Meanings

  1. A subroutine in the C programming language's standard library for performing dynamic memory allocation.
    • It compares the behavior of nine different mallocs when used with Hummingbird and GNU Emacs dynamic memory activity traces. 2001, USENIX Association, Proceedings of the FREENIX Track: 2001 USENIX Annual Technical Conference:

Forms

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mallocs Number=Plur lexicographic

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malloc en · VERB

Etymology

Blend of map + allocate.

Meanings

  1. To allocate memory using the C programming language malloc subroutine.

Forms

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mallocs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
malloced Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
malloced Tense=Past lexicographic
mallocing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

wikipedia: Diomidis Spinellis