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by LoganDark 968 days ago
If the memory is never released back to the OS after it is done being used (or when it is not going to be used), then the browser has failed to release it back to the OS.
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mort96 968 days ago
The memory is released back to the OS after it is done being used.
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LoganDark 968 days ago
If that were the case my OS would not crash due to tens of gigabytes of allocated-but-not-used memory from Firefox
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