meaning of arena

1. The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered with sand.
2. Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life.
3. "Sand" or "gravel" in the kidneys.
4. arena The area of memory attached to a Unix process by the brk and sbrk system calls and used by malloc as dynamic storage. So named from a "malloc: corrupt arena" message emitted when some early versions detected an impossible value in the free block list. See overrun screw, aliasing bug, memory leak, memory smash, smash the stack. [Jargon File]
5. a playing field where sports events take place

Related Words

arena | arena theater | arenaceous | arenaceous rock | arenae | arenaria | arenaria caroliniana | arenaria groenlandica | arenaria interpres | arenaria peploides | arenaria serpyllifolia | arenaria stricta | arenaria-melanocephala | arenarious | arenas | arenation | arenaviridae | arenavirus |

Developed & Maintained By Taraprasad.com