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mallocs

mallocs is the plural of malloc.

Meaning of malloc

Noun

malloc (plural mallocs)

  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 Conference

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Questions about mallocs

What is mallocs the plural of?
Mallocs is the plural of malloc.

Words near mallocs in the dictionary

  1. malloc
  2. malloced
  3. Malloch
  4. Mallochs
  5. mallocing
  6. mallocs
  7. mallomar
  8. mallomars
  9. Mallon
  10. Mallonee
  11. Mallonees

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