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arena
Ancient history the central area of an ancient Roman amphitheatre, in which gladiatorial contests and other spectacles were held
arena [ə′rēn·ə]
(zoology)
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arena
1. An acting space of any shape surrounded by seats.
2. A type of theater not having a proscenium, the spectators” seats, rising in tiers, wholly surrounding the stage.
3. The sanded central area in a Roman amphitheater or circus, surrounded by the seats.
4. Any building, indoor or outdoor, for sports events, etc.
(programming)arena - The area of memory attached to a Unix process by the brk and sbrk system calls and used by malloc 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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The national indoor sports arena in the east end and the national swimming centre at Scotstoun are being delayed.
Delay at games venues by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
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COLUMN: College roundup Worcester State 67, Houghton 52 The visiting Lancers shot 50 percent from the floor in the second half to outscore Houghton (4-3), 39-24, after the break, on their way to an impressive road win at Buffalo State Sports Arena.
Lancers strong on road by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
 
 
 
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