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page heap

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Definition

A Windows debugging feature that surrounds each memory allocation with guard pages so memory bugs crash immediately at the offending instruction.

A Windows debugging mode that places guard pages around each heap allocation, causing deterministic faults on out-of-bounds accesses or use-after-frees.

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