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To: Dave Bissett who wrote (2315)	9/5/1998 8:40:00 PM
From: Howard R. Hansen	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 14778

>>Would someone please explain what a memory leak is and what the symptoms are?<< A memory leak occurs when a program obtains memory from the operating system for its use and then doesn't return the memory to the operating system when the program exits. If memory isn't returned to the operating system when a program exits the memory is unavailable for use by other programs. Memory leaks are caused by programming errors. If you have to many memory leaks you will eventually run out of memory and be unable to load a program in memory. If you ever get to this point shut down your computer and restart it. This way the operating system can reclaim the lost memory.