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arena n.
[common; Unix] The area of memory attached to a
process by brk(2) and sbrk(2) and used by
malloc(3) as dynamic storage. So named from a malloc:
corrupt arena message emitted when some early versions detected an
impossible value in the free block list. See overrun screw,
aliasing bug, memory leak, memory smash, smash the stack.
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