High Addresses ---> .----------------------.
| Environment |
|----------------------|
| | Functions and variable are declared
| STACK | on the stack.
base pointer -> | - - - - - - - - - - -|
| | |
| v |
: :
. . The stack grows down into unused space
. Empty . while the heap grows up.
. .
. . (other memory maps do occur here, such
. . as dynamic libraries, and different memory
: : allocate)
| ^ |
| | |
brk point -> | - - - - - - - - - - -| Dynamic memory is declared on the heap
| HEAP |
| |
|----------------------|
| BSS | Uninitialized data (BSS)
|----------------------|
| Data | Initialized data (DS)
|----------------------|
| Text | Binary code
Low Addresses ----> '----------------------'