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A comprehensive guide to Heap Memory Management! Dive into various concepts like memory allocation (malloc), block merging/splitting, and solving fragmentation issues in heap memory using system calls like brk & sbrk. Explore, Learn, & Contribute!

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🧠 Heap Memory Management Explained!

A comprehensive guide and resource pool to explore, understand, and implement Heap Memory Management in programming.

🌟 Features

  • 💾 Detailed heap memory concepts
  • 🚀 Practical examples with malloc()
  • 🛠 Techniques to handle fragmentation
  • 📑 Guide on system calls like brk & sbrk

🗂 Repository Structure

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├── 10_block_merging.md
├── 11_fragramentation.md
├── 1_Heap Memory Management.md
├── 2_Malloc() - Quick Revision.md
├── 3_ brk and sbrk system calls.md
├── 4_simple_malloc.md
├── 5_heap_problem.md
├── 6_heap_requirement.md
├── 7_Meta and data block.md
├── 8_Allocations and deallocations.md
├── 9_block splitting.md
├── break pointer.md
├── LICENSE
└── README.md

📘 Concepts Covered

  • Heap Memory Management 🗄
  • Memory Allocation with malloc() 🔄
  • System Calls & Their Usage 📞
  • Tackling Heap Problems 🚑
  • Meta & Data Block Management 📦
  • Allocation & Deallocation Strategies 🔄
  • Block Manipulations (Merging & Splitting) 🔀
  • Addressing Fragmentation 🧱

🤝 How to Contribute

  1. Fork 🍴 the repository.
  2. Clone 🐑 your forked repository to your local machine.
  3. Create a branch 🌿 for your edits.
  4. Commit 📝 your changes.
  5. Push 🚀 to your fork.
  6. Open a Pull Request 🤲

⚖ License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Happy Learning & Coding! 🚀📚

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