memóriaszivárgáshoz

Memóriaszivárgás is the Hungarian term for memory leak. A memory leak is a type of resource leak that occurs when a computer program incorrectly manages memory allocations in such a way that memory which is no longer needed is not released. This unusable memory, often referred to as "garbage," cannot be used by other programs or for other purposes until the program that leaked the memory is terminated. Over time, these leaks can consume all available memory, leading to slow performance, system instability, and eventually, program crashes or even the entire operating system freezing.

In programming, memory management is crucial. When a program requests memory from the operating system, it is allocated. If the program then finishes using that memory but fails to explicitly return it, or if it loses the reference to that memory without returning it, the leak occurs. This can happen due to errors in code, such as forgetting to free dynamically allocated memory, creating circular references in garbage-collected languages, or mishandling resource acquisition and release.

Detecting and fixing memory leaks often involves specialized tools called memory profilers or debuggers. These tools can track memory allocations and deallocations, identifying patterns of leaked memory. Effective memory management practices, including careful resource handling and understanding the memory model of the programming language used, are essential for preventing memory leaks in software development.