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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]
memory smash
A Xerox PARC term for writing to the location
addressed by a dangling pointer.
[{Jargon File]
(1994-11-02)
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) : [ jargon ]
memory smash n. [XEROX PARC] Writing through a pointer that doesn't
point to what you think it does. This occasionally reduces your memory
to a rubble of bits. Note that this is subtly different from (and more
general than) related terms such as a memory leak or fandango on
core because it doesn't imply an allocation error or overrun condition.