How does a memory leak work?



How does a memory leak work?..

Answer / Amar Nath

A Memory Leak occurs when a program fails to deallocate or reclaim memory that has been allocated, causing it to gradually consume more and more system resources. Over time, this can lead to performance issues and potentially cause the system to crash.

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