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   ocr: The Effects Of Memory Allocation FIGURE 4 Segment Base Break Base Segment Limit Break Point data segment In use (heap) Assume heap = 20K (5p pages) A. Before allocating memory. Assume an initials segment size of 20K (5 pages). Segment Base Break Base Segment Limit Break Point data segment In use (heap) heap = 16K (4p pages) Memory made available alter call to brk() B. After a call to brkl). Notice size oft the heap has decreased to 16K (4 pages). Segment Base Break Base Segment Limit Break Point data segment Inu use (heap) Assume heap == 20K (5p pages) The size of the heap is increased by expa ...