Malloc

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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  malloc
       
          {C}'s standard library routine for storage allocation.  It
          takes the number of bytes required and returns a pointer to a
          block of that size.  Storage is allocated from a heap which
          lies after the end of the program and data areas.  Memory


          allocated with malloc must be freed explicitly using the
          "free" routine before it can be re-used.
       
          {gc} is a storage allocator with {garbage collection} that is
          intended to be used as a plug-in replacement for malloc.