A guard byte is a part of computer program's memory that helps software developers find buffer overflows while developing the program.
Famous quotes containing the word guard:
“There is only one element that can break the Afrikaner, and that is the Afrikaner himself. It is when the Afrikaner, like a baboon shot in the stomach, pulls out his own intestines. We must guard against that.”
—P.W. (Pieter Willem)