English Explanatory Dictionary

malloc

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A subroutine in the C programming language's standard library for performing dynamic memory allocation.
verb
  1. To allocate memory using the C programming language malloc subroutine.

Word forms

malloc mallocs mallocing malloced

Etymology

Blend of map + allocate.

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