Malloc is an English word. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Malloc meaning
A subroutine in the C programming language's standard library for performing dynamic memory allocation.
Using Malloc
- The main meaning on this page is: A subroutine in the C programming language's standard library for performing dynamic memory allocation.
Context around Malloc
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Malloc
- In this selection, "malloc" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 31 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, calls and meta stand out and add context to how "malloc" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include of the malloc calls by and such as malloc meta data. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "malloc" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with malloc
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The canonical heap overflow technique overwrites dynamic memory allocation linkage (such as malloc meta data) and uses the resulting pointer exchange to overwrite a program function pointer. (27 words)
However, because of the malloc calls by the system after the double-free, the app just crashes before reaching to the point that we could control the PC register, according to a report in Gizmodo. (35 words)
However, because of the malloc calls by the system after the double-free, the app just crashes before reaching to the point that we could control the PC register, according to a report in Gizmodo. (35 words)
The canonical heap overflow technique overwrites dynamic memory allocation linkage (such as malloc meta data) and uses the resulting pointer exchange to overwrite a program function pointer. (27 words)
Example sentences (2)
However, because of the malloc calls by the system after the double-free, the app just crashes before reaching to the point that we could control the PC register, according to a report in Gizmodo.
The canonical heap overflow technique overwrites dynamic memory allocation linkage (such as malloc meta data) and uses the resulting pointer exchange to overwrite a program function pointer.