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Why Linked List is implemented on Heap memory rather than Stack memory?
Medium
Pre-requisite:  Linked List Data StructureStack vsHeap Memory Allocation The Linked List is a linear data structure, in which the elements are not stored at contiguous… Read More
memory-management
Data Structures
Heap
Linked List
Stack
Why does empty Structure has size 1 byte in C++ but 0 byte in C
A structure is a user-defined data type in C/C++. A structure creates a data type that can be used to group items of possibly different… Read More
C-Structure & Union
cpp-structure
memory-management
C Language
C++
Virtually Indexed Physically Tagged (VIPT) Cache
Hard
Prerequisites: Cache Memory Memory Access Paging Transition Look Aside Buffer Revisiting Cache AccessWhen a CPU generates physical address, the access to main memory precedes with… Read More
memory-management
Computer Organization & Architecture
GATE CS
Operating Systems
Terminologies Cache Memory Organization
Cache Memory is a small, fast memory that holds a fraction of the overall contents of the memory. Its mathematical model is defined by its… Read More
Computer Organization and Architecture
memory-management
Computer Organization and Architecture
GATE CS
If memory allocation using new is failed in C++ then how it should be handled?
Basic
In this article, if memory allocation using new is failed in C++ then how it should be handled? When an object of a class is… Read More
C++-new and delete
C-Dynamic Memory Allocation
memory-management
C++
Difference between Static and Dynamic Memory Allocation in C
Easy
Memory Allocation: Memory allocation is a process by which computer programs and services are assigned with physical or virtual memory space. The memory allocation is… Read More
Dynamic Memory Allocation
memory-management
C Language
C++
Difference Between
Cache Hits in Memory Organization
Expert
User has memory machine. It has one layer for data storage and another layer for cache. User has stored an array with length N in… Read More
memory-management
Computer Organization & Architecture
Program for Best Fit algorithm in Memory Management using Linked List
Expert
Best fit algorithm for memory management: The memory partition in which there is a minimum loss on the allocation of the process is the best-fit… Read More
memory-management
Algorithms
Data Structures
Greedy
Linked List
Operating Systems
First Fit algorithm in Memory Management using Linked List
Expert
First Fit Algorithm for Memory Management: The first memory partition which is sufficient to accommodate the process is allocated.We have already discussed first fit algorithm… Read More
memory-management
Algorithms
Data Structures
Linked List
Operating Systems
Worst-Fit Allocation in Operating Systems
For both fixed and dynamic memory allocation schemes, the operating system must keep a list of each memory location noting which are free and which… Read More
memory-management
Operating Systems-Memory Management
GATE CS
Operating Systems
Best-Fit Allocation in Operating System
For both fixed and dynamic memory allocation schemes, the operating system must keep list of each memory location noting which are free and which are… Read More
memory-management
Operating Systems-Memory Management
GATE CS
Operating Systems
First-Fit Allocation in Operating Systems
For both fixed and dynamic memory allocation schemes, the operating system must keep list of each memory location noting which are free and which are… Read More
memory-management
Operating Systems-Memory Management
GATE CS
Operating Systems
Differences between Magnetic Tape and Magnetic Disk
Magnetic Tapes and Magnetic Disks are the types of magnetic memory. Both are called non-volatile storage and used for store data. Magnetic tape contains thin… Read More
memory-management
Computer Organization & Architecture
Difference Between
GATE CS
Difference between Random Access Memory (RAM) and Hard Disk Drive (HDD)
A person novice to computers often is in confusion between Random Access Memory (RAM) and Hard Disk Drive (HDD). Here we draw comparisons between the… Read More
memory-management
Computer Organization & Architecture
GATE CS
Operating Systems
Memory leak in C++ and How to avoid it?
Easy
Memory leakage occurs in C++ when programmers allocates memory by using new keyword and forgets to deallocate the memory by using delete() function or delete[]… Read More
C-Dynamic Memory Allocation
memory-management
C++
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