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memory safety

memory safety noun: protection from software bugs and security vulnerabilities resulting from improper memory management, such as buffer overflows and dangling pointers.

Noun

memory safety (uncountable)

  1. Protection from software bugs and security vulnerabilities resulting from improper memory management, such as buffer overflows and dangling pointers.

Questions about memory safety

What does memory safety mean?
Memory safety means protection from software bugs and security vulnerabilities resulting from improper memory management, such as buffer overflows and dangling pointers.
What part of speech is memory safety?
Memory safety is a noun.

Words near memory safety in the dictionary

  1. memory palace
  2. memory palaces
  3. memory quilt
  4. memory quilts
  5. memory root
  6. memory safety
  7. memory span
  8. memory spans
  9. memory stick
  10. memory sticks
  11. memory T cell

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