How Large Is a Stack

Stacks are temporary memory address spaces used to hold arguments and automatic variables during invocation of a subprogram

How big is a stack usually?

Stacks are temporary memory address spaces used to hold arguments and automatic variables over subprogram invocations. The default size of the main stack is about eight megabytes.

How much data can a stack hold?

Stack size is 8.192MB of memory.

Alexander Ross

Alexander Ross

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Alexander Ross has covered the video game industry for a decade, writing deep dives on game design, esports tournaments, VR developments, and gaming culture.

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