Memory Layout of C Programs
from apue 7.6. Memory Layout of a C Program
A typical memory representation of C program consists of following sections.
1. Text segment
2. Initialized data segment
2.1 initialized read-only area
2.2 initialized read-write area
3. Uninitialized data segment
4. Heap
5. Stack
Read Memory Layout of C Programs for more details. It's compiled from apue 7.6 with more details and examples.
Other references:
<<Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment>> 7.6. Memory Layout of a C Program
Memory layout of C process (pdf), download
[0x03]. Notes on Assembly - Memory from a process' point of view
Structure of a C-Program in Memory | How Heap,Stack,Data and Code segments are stored in memory?
