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leak

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leak
the loss of current from an electrical conductor because of faulty insulation, etc.
leak [lēk]
(plant pathology)
A watery rot of fruits and vegetables caused by various fungi, such asRhizopus nigricansin strawberry.
(programming)leak - With a qualifier, one of a class of resource-management bugs that occur when resources are not freed properly after operations on them are finished, so they effectively disappear (leak out). This leads to eventual exhaustion as new allocation requests come in.

One might refer to, say, a "window handle leak" in a window system.

See memory leak, fd leak.


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Such a leak could not be stopped; and the Scotia, her paddles half submerged, was obliged to continue her course.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
Poor Huck was in the same state of wretchedness and terror, for Tom had told the whole story to the lawyer the night before the great day of the trial, and Huck was sore afraid that his share in the business might leak out, yet, notwithstanding Injun Joe's flight had saved him the suffering of testifying in court.
Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context
One or two stiff gales and the springing of a leak are accidents which experienced navigators scarcely remember to record, and I shall be well content if nothing worse happen to us during our voyage.
Frankenstein by Shelley, Mary View in context
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