Memory Profile

Definitions

1. A snapshot or time-series recording of a program's memory usage, showing allocation sizes, frequencies, call sites, and object lifetimes. Tools like Valgrind's Massif, Go's pprof, and Chrome DevTools' heap snapshots produce memory profiles used to diagnose leaks and excessive allocation.

   In plain English: A detailed report showing how a program uses memory — where allocations happen, how much, and whether anything is leaking.

   Example: "The memory profile showed the string interning table growing without bound — we were caching error messages that included unique request IDs."

Related Terms

• Profile
• Trace
• Profiling
• Flame Graph
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• Perf Tool
• Performance Optimization
• Performance Profiling
• Profiler
• Resource Leak
• Stepper
• Code Profile
• Continuous Profiling
• Flame Graph Culture