How a memory leak can freeze your computer

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Some applications are incredibly greedy and completely forget to return the resources they borrowed. A memory leak occurs when a script grabs active space to do a task but fails to release it back to the system afterward. Over hours of use, it slowly eats every available byte until the operating structure suffocates and completely freezes your machine.

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