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Memory Leaks

• Lost heap-dynamic variables (garbage):

• A heap-dynamic variable that is no longer referenced by any program pointer

• Creating one:
  • Pointer p1 is set to point to a newly created heap-dynamic variable
  • p1 is later set to point to another newly created heap-dynamic variable

• The process of losing heap-dynamic variables is called memory leakage