Usually means: Unintended retention of computer memory.
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  1. memory leak: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. memory leak: Wiktionary
  3. memory leak: Dictionary.com
  4. Memory Leak, Memory leak: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. memory leak: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Memory Leak: Tech Terms Computer Dictionary
  3. memory leak: Encyclopedia

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  1. memory leak: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (memory leak)

noun:  (computing) Any of several faults in the memory allocation logic of a computer or program whereby parts of memory become hidden or unusable.

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