"buddy block" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: buddy blocks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} buddy block (plural buddy blocks)
  1. (computing theory) A block of memory associated with another block and able to be merged with it, in the system of buddy memory allocation. Categories (topical): Theory of computing

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