{"id":6270,"date":"2021-02-01T07:24:13","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T05:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/?p=6270"},"modified":"2021-02-01T07:24:14","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T05:24:14","slug":"memory-leak-what-is-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/memory-leak-what-is-this\/","title":{"rendered":"memory leak: what is this?"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time-approximately:<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A memory leak is the gradual loss of available computer\u00a0memory\u00a0when a program (an\u00a0application\u00a0or part of the\u00a0operating system) repeatedly fails to return memory that it has obtained for temporary use.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Tekmart Enterprise Support<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, the available memory for that application or that part of the operating system becomes exhausted and the program can no longer function. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a program that is frequently opened or called or that runs continuously, even a very small memory leak can eventually cause the program or the system to terminate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>A memory leak is the result of a program\u00a0bug.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Some operating systems provide memory leak detection so that a problem can be detected before an application or the operating system crashes. Some program development tools also provide automatic &#8220;housekeeping&#8221; for the developer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is always the best programming practice to return memory and any temporary file to the operating system after the program no longer needs it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time-approximately:<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>A memory leak is the gradual loss of available computer\u00a0memory\u00a0when a program (an\u00a0application\u00a0or part of the\u00a0operating system) repeatedly fails to return memory that it has obtained for temporary use. By Tekmart Enterprise Support As a result, the available memory for that application or that part of the operating system becomes exhausted and the program can no longer function. For a<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/memory-leak-what-is-this\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155,4,176,30,3,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-batting-for-tech-in-the-covid-19-times","category-datacenter-news","category-datacentre-performance-troubleshooting-monitoring-and-optimisation","category-expert-advise-and-opinion","category-industry-news-and-expert-advise","category-tekmart-enterprise-hardware-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6270"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6271,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6270\/revisions\/6271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}