Articles tagged: memory leak

A PC computer screen showing a memory usage graph. The graph depicts memory usage rising steadily from left to right, with the lines or bars shooting upwards dramatically as they reach the far right side of the screen. The graph is shown exploding out of the top on the right, with bits of data or visual elements breaking through the top boundary.

Why Programs Might Use All the Memory in Your Computer

Programs typically don’t use all available memory unless they need it or they have a problem.