Other Resource Leaks
Explore different types of resource leaks beyond memory leaks, including socket and file handle leaks, thread leaks, and process leaks. Understand their causes, effects on software performance, and methods to identify and manage these leaks in your applications.
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We characterized a program leaking memory to be one that allocates more memory than it needs. By this definition, there could be other resources provided by the platform/OS that the program could be leaking. True enough, memory leaks are just one type of leak. There are other resources that a long-running program can leak that can cause as much damage, if not more. In this lesson, we’ll take a look at some of them, and their implications on the product or process.