muistialigmentointi
Muistialigmentointi, often translated as memory alignment, is a concept in computer science related to how data is stored in computer memory. It dictates that the memory address of a data element must be a multiple of its size. For example, a 4-byte integer should ideally be stored at a memory address that is divisible by 4.
The primary reason for memory alignment is to improve the efficiency of memory access for the processor.
Different data types have different alignment requirements. Smaller data types like characters often have an alignment
Compilers often handle memory alignment automatically. They may insert padding bytes between data elements in structures
In some cases, programmers may need to manually control memory alignment, especially in low-level programming or