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Pointers and Dynamic Memory
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- 1is a variable that store address of another variables.Pointers
- 2“&” symbolreference symbol
- 3“*” symboldereference symbol
- 4is one the most important and crucial resources in a computer.Computer Memory
- 5Physically, when we talk about memory, we are talking about theRandom Access Memory (RAM).
- 6is the hardware in a computing device where the operating system (OS), application programs and data in current use are kept so they can be quickly reached by the device's processor.RAM
- 7The typical memory architecture that is assigned to a program or application is divided into four segments.1.Heap
2.Stack
3.Static/Global
4.Code(Text) - 8The ______ segments stores instructions or the program written by the developer when an application was launched and running.Code(Text)
- 9The ____ segments stores Static or Global variables that can be used on the entire scope of the program.Static/Global segments
- 10The ____ segments stores function calls and local variables that was declared within the function.Stack
- 11The ___ segments stores the memory requested by the program during execution of instructions written by programmers.Heap
- 12can grow as long as you do not run out of memory on the system itself.Heap
- 13The size of the ____ can vary during runtime of the application.heap
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