Memory Management
Memory managers (MMs) can be added to programs or systems to improve on the memory management scheme implemented by the target OS. Typical improvements include memory access and allocation speed, combating memory fragmentation, and sometimes even both. The implementation of dedicated MMs can range from a simple indirection scheme such as a suballocator that resides between program and OS, to full-blown applications that completely take over the OS role in memory management. This section discusses theories and techniques that can be used by MM software.
Suballocators
Suballocators are MMs that are placed between a piece of software and the operating system. Suballocators take their memory from, and (eventually) return their memory ...
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