Contiguous Memory : Terms in C Programming

What is Contiguous Memory ?

1. When Big Block of memory is reserved or allocated then that memory block is called as “Contiguous Memory Block“.
2. Alternate meaning of Contiguous Memory is “Continuous Memory” .
3. Suppose inside memory we have reserved 1000-1200 memory addresses for special purposes then we can say that these “200″ blocks are going to reserve contiguous memory.

How to Allocate Contiguous Memory ?

1. Using Static Array Declaration.
2. Using Alloc / Malloc function to allocate big chunk of memory dynamically.