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Memory in BEAM systems refers to the per-process heap allocation model where each Erlang/Elixir process maintains its own private heap with independent garbage collection, enabling predictable latency and fault isolation impossible in shared-heap runtimes

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#glossary #memory #beam #heap #garbage-collection #per-process #allocation #performance

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