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resource leak

the phenomenon where a program doesn't properly release resources like memory, file handles, or sockets, causing them to remain occupied in vain (leading to potential issues like performance degradation, crashes, or data loss)
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resource leak

Summary

resource leak ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • resource leak's subclass of is recorded as software bug[2].
  • resource leak's subclass of is recorded as waste of resources[3].
  • resource leak's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05pc50t[4].
  • resource leak's facet of is recorded as resource management[5].
  • resource leak's uses is recorded as system resource[6].
  • resource leak's CWE ID is recorded as 402[7].

Why It Matters

resource leak ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . cwe.mitre.org. cwe.mitre.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). resource leak. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/resource-leak
MLA “resource leak.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/resource-leak.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_resource-leak_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{resource leak}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/resource-leak}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
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