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[[File:Computer-memory-map.png|thumb|right|Computer memory map]]

''C'' allows the programmer to control which region of memory data is to be stored. ''Global variables'' and ''static variables'' require the fewest [[Clock signal|clock cycles]] to store. The ''[[call stack''|stack]] is automatically used for the standard variable [[Declaration (computer programming)|declarations]]. ''Heap'' memory is returned to a ''[[Pointer (computer programming)|pointer variable'']] from the [[C dynamic memory allocation|<code>malloc()</code>]] function.

* The ''global and static data'' region is located just above the ''program'' region. (The program region is technically called the ''text'' region. It's where machine instructions are stored.)