alignment
- “A
requirement
that
data element
s begin at certain
boundaries
in
memory
. For
example
, given an
8-bit
alignment
requirement
, a
struct
holding a 1-
bit
char
followed by an
8-bit
int
might need 7
bit
s of
padding
after the
char
so that the
int
start
s on an
8-bit
boundary
.” (
21cC
2014
)