malloc

A subroutine in the C programming language's standard library for performing dynamic memory allocation.

Noun

  1. A subroutine in the C programming language's standard library for performing dynamic memory allocation.
    • It compares the behavior of nine different mallocs when used with Hummingbird and GNU Emacs dynamic memory activity traces. - 2001, USENIX Association, Proceedings of the FREENIX Track: 2001 USENIX Annual Technical...

Origin

Blend of map + allocate.

Forms

mallocs

Verb

  1. To allocate memory using the C programming language malloc subroutine.

Forms

mallocs mallocing malloced