heap fragmentation
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nounpl: heap fragmentations
fragmentação de heap
1. A memory management problem where the heap memory becomes divided into small, non-contiguous blocks, reducing the efficiency of memory allocation and causing performance degradation
The application suffered from heap fragmentation after running for several hours, resulting in slower memory allocation.
A aplicação sofreu com fragmentação de heap após executar por várias horas, resultando em alocação de memória mais lenta.
2. The state where free memory blocks are scattered throughout the heap, making it difficult to allocate large contiguous chunks despite having sufficient total free memory
Heap fragmentation prevented the program from allocating a large array even though there was enough total free memory available.
A fragmentação de heap impediu o programa de alocar um grande array mesmo havendo memória livre total suficiente disponível.
This is a technical term primarily used in software development, computer science, and systems programming contexts. It is language-independent in technical communities and equally recognized in both English-speaking and Portuguese-speaking programming environments. The term is critical in performance optimization discussions and memory management strategy planning.
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