{"id":1356,"date":"2017-01-31T20:11:09","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T20:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/?p=1356"},"modified":"2017-01-31T20:11:09","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T20:11:09","slug":"memory-leakage-what-it-is-how-to-fix-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/memory-leakage-what-it-is-how-to-fix-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Memory leakage – What it is – How to fix it"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Memory leakage can create real problems<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I bought a memory enhancement program in the mid 90’s to correct for what I thought was memory leakage. I noticed my computer running slower and slower, even after defragging my huge (60MB+) hard drive (LOL). That technology has improved over the years, but memory leakage issues still persist.<\/p>\n

Memory leakage can cause serious problems<\/strong><\/p>\n

While most memory leakage is quite small and doesn’t present any serious problem in and of itself, the accumulated effect of running programs for hours on end can compound problems, sometimes leading to disastrous results.<\/p>\n

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Software programs can be the source of memory leaks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So what is memory leakage, exactly, and how can we resolve it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My original understanding was that certain programs, when closed, did not release their allotted space in memory – thus reducing the amount of memory available to other problems.<\/p>\n

Memory leakage is so much more complex than that. A slight bug in one program might interact with some other program causing increased allocations of memory until some program crashes (not necessarily the program with the leak).<\/p>\n

As a consumer, how would you know where to begin to isolate the cause? I’m not a developer, as I suspect most of us aren’t. Debugging code is best suited for the programmer geeks. I started my quest for answers with searches on Google, Bing, Yahoo and Wikipedia.<\/p>\n

From Wikipedia<\/strong><\/p>\n

“In computer science, a memory leak is a particular type of unintentional memory consumption by a computer program where the program fails to release memory when no longer needed.”<\/p>\n