memory hole
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A figurative place to which information is deliberately sent to be forgotten, or to which forgotten or lost information ends up; nowhere, oblivion.
- A fragment of physical address space which does not map to main memory.
- Synonym of memory leak (“any of several faults in the memory allocation logic of a computer or program whereby parts of memory become hidden or unusable”).
- Alternative form of memory hole.
Verb
- To cause something or someone to be forgotten.
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