Introduction to memory management

• 1. Overview
  • 1.1. Hardware memory management
  • 1.2. Operating system memory management
  • 1.3. Application memory management
  • 1.4. Memory management problems
  • 1.5. Manual memory management
  • 1.6. Automatic memory management
  • 1.7. More information
• 2. Allocation techniques
  • 2.1. First fit
  • 2.2. Buddy system
  • 2.3. Suballocators
• 3. Recycling techniques
  • 3.1. Tracing collectors
  • 3.2. Reference counts
• 4. Memory management in various languages
• 5. Frequently Asked Questions
  • 5.1. C-specific questions
  • 5.2. C++-specific questions
  • 5.3. Common objections to garbage collection
  • 5.4. Miscellaneous