Memory Management

Question 1

void *calloc(int num, int size);

Answer 1

This function allocates an array of num elements in which each size in bytes will be size

Question 2

void free(void *address);

Answer 2

This function releases a block of memory block specified by address

Question 3

void *malloc(int num);

Answer 3

This function allocates an array of num bytes and leave them uninitialized

Question 4

void *realloc(void *address, int newsize);

Answer 4

This function re-allocates memory extending it up to newsize