malloc
The English word “malloc” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
- A subroutine in the C programming language's standard library for performing dynamic memory allocation.
verb
- To allocate memory using the C programming language malloc subroutine.
Etymology
Blend of map + allocate.
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