: What dose SLAB stand for? And what was used before?: : Any pointers on where I can find out more about memory algorithms.The paper about slab from Jeff Bonwick of Sun is on ftp://ftp.bitmover.com/pub/slab.psEnjoy.-To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" inthe body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu