Just what does it imply when we talk about a "memory void?" How does the operating system make this work, and how is it even possible?

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Just what does it imply when we talk about a "memory void?" How does the operating system make this work, and how is it even possible?

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A memory void in computer science is a region of memory that is not currently being used and is not assigned to any particular data structure or program. Memory voids which can occur when memory is allocated and deallocated quickly, resulting in gaps in memory that are not assigned to any particular process. They can also occur when a program does not free up memory that it no longer needs. 

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