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zk/Bitwise_operators.md

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+---
+id: t127
+title: Bitwise_operators
+tags: []
+created: Saturday, April 20, 2024 
+---
+# Bitwise_operators
+
+
+## Related notes
+
+

zk/Heap_memory.md

@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ _garbage collection_. In a language like C, this is the explicit concern of the
 programmer and is not abstracted away. Failure to properly manage garbage
 collection is what causes [[Memory_leaks]].
 
+Heap memory is used in combination with the stack since a given heap memory
+allocation address is stored as a stack variable during runtime. It points to
+the heap memory address whilst not being that memory itself.
+
 Here is an example of managing heap memory allocation in C:
 
 ```c
@@ -30,7 +34,8 @@ data = malloc(512)
 The first line assigns a special _pointer_ variable (indicated by `void *`
 rather than `int` or `str`) . This is a variable only holds a memory address.
 The `malloc` method requests 512 bytes that it wants to assign to the `data`
-variable. it will return the address of the first byte in the newly allocated
-memory.
+variable. It will return the address of the first byte in the newly allocated
+memory. `data` will then refer to the address on the stack that holds the
+address allocation on the heap.
 
 ## Related notes