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arena: n. [common; Unix] The area of memory attached to a process by
brk(2)
and
sbrk(2)
and used by
malloc(3)
as dynamic storage. So named from a malloc: corrupt
arena message emitted when some early versions detected an
impossible value in the free block list. See overrun
screw, aliasing bug, memory
leak, memory smash, smash the
stack.
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