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docs/c-runtime-library/memory-allocation.md

@@ -14,31 +14,31 @@ These routines allocate, free, and reallocate memory.
 |Routine|Use|
 |-------------|---------|
 |[`_alloca`](../c-runtime-library/reference/alloca.md), [`_malloca`](../c-runtime-library/reference/malloca.md)|Allocate memory from the stack|
-|[`calloc`](../c-runtime-library/reference/calloc.md)|Allocate storage for array and initialize every byte in the allocated block to 0 (zero)|
+|[`calloc`](../c-runtime-library/reference/calloc.md)|Allocate an array and initialize its elements to 0 (zero)|
 |[`_calloc_dbg`](../c-runtime-library/reference/calloc-dbg.md)|Debug version of **`calloc`**. Only available in the debug versions of the run-time libraries|
-|[`operator delete`, `operator delete[]`](../c-runtime-library/delete-operator-crt.md)|Free allocated block|
+|[`operator delete`, `operator delete[]`](../c-runtime-library/delete-operator-crt.md)|Free allocated memory|
 |[`_expand`](../c-runtime-library/reference/expand.md)|Expand or shrink a block of memory without moving it|
 |[`_expand_dbg`](../c-runtime-library/reference/expand-dbg.md)|Debug version of **`_expand`**. Only available in the debug versions of the run-time libraries|
-|[`free`](../c-runtime-library/reference/free.md)|Free allocated block|
+|[`free`](../c-runtime-library/reference/free.md)|Free memory|
 |[`_free_dbg`](../c-runtime-library/reference/free-dbg.md)|Debug version of **`free`**. Only available in the debug versions of the run-time libraries|
-|[`_freea`](../c-runtime-library/reference/freea.md)|Free allocated block from the stack|
-|[`_get_heap_handle`](../c-runtime-library/reference/get-heap-handle.md)|Get Win32 `HANDLE` of the CRT heap.|
+|[`_freea`](../c-runtime-library/reference/freea.md)|Free memory allocated on the stack|
+|[`_get_heap_handle`](../c-runtime-library/reference/get-heap-handle.md)|Get a Win32 `HANDLE` to the CRT heap.|
 |[`_heapadd`](../c-runtime-library/heapadd.md)|Add memory to the heap|
-|[`_heapchk`](../c-runtime-library/reference/heapchk.md)|Check heap for consistency|
-|[`_heapmin`](../c-runtime-library/reference/heapmin.md)|Release unused memory in heap|
-|[`_heapset`](../c-runtime-library/heapset.md)|Fill free heap entries with specified value|
-|[`_heapwalk`](../c-runtime-library/reference/heapwalk.md)|Return information about each entry in heap|
-|[`malloc`](../c-runtime-library/reference/malloc.md)|Allocate block of memory from heap|
+|[`_heapchk`](../c-runtime-library/reference/heapchk.md)|Check the heap for consistency|
+|[`_heapmin`](../c-runtime-library/reference/heapmin.md)|Release unused memory in the heap|
+|[`_heapset`](../c-runtime-library/heapset.md)|Fill free heap entries with a value|
+|[`_heapwalk`](../c-runtime-library/reference/heapwalk.md)|Get info about each entry in the heap|
+|[`malloc`](../c-runtime-library/reference/malloc.md)|Allocate memory from the heap|
 |[`_malloc_dbg`](../c-runtime-library/reference/malloc-dbg.md)|Debug version of **`malloc`**; only available in the debug versions of the run-time libraries|
-|[`_msize`](../c-runtime-library/reference/msize.md)|Return size of allocated block|
+|[`_msize`](../c-runtime-library/reference/msize.md)|Return the size of an allocated block of memory|
 |[`_msize_dbg`](../c-runtime-library/reference/msize-dbg.md)|Debug version of **`_msize`**; only available in the debug versions of the run-time libraries|
-|[`new`, `new[]`](../c-runtime-library/new-operator-crt.md)|Allocate block of memory from heap|
-|[`_query_new_handler`](../c-runtime-library/reference/query-new-handler.md)|Return address of current new handler routine as set by **`_set_new_handler`**|
-|[`_query_new_mode`](../c-runtime-library/reference/query-new-mode.md)|Return integer indicating new handler mode set by **`_set_new_mode`** for **`malloc`**|
-|[`realloc`](../c-runtime-library/reference/realloc.md)|Reallocate block to new size|
+|[`new`, `new[]`](../c-runtime-library/new-operator-crt.md)|Allocate a block of memory from the heap|
+|[`_query_new_handler`](../c-runtime-library/reference/query-new-handler.md)|Get the address of the current new handler routine set by **`_set_new_handler`**|
+|[`_query_new_mode`](../c-runtime-library/reference/query-new-mode.md)|Get the new handler mode set by **`_set_new_mode`** for **`malloc`**|
+|[`realloc`](../c-runtime-library/reference/realloc.md)|Reallocate a block to a new size|
 |[`_realloc_dbg`](../c-runtime-library/reference/realloc-dbg.md)|Debug version of **`realloc`**; only available in the debug versions of the run-time libraries|
-|[`_set_new_handler`](../c-runtime-library/reference/set-new-handler.md)|Enable error-handling mechanism when **`new`** operator fails (to allocate memory) and enable compilation of C++ Standard Libraries|
-|[`_set_new_mode`](../c-runtime-library/reference/set-new-mode.md)|Set new handler mode for **`malloc`**|
+|[`_set_new_handler`](../c-runtime-library/reference/set-new-handler.md)|Enable error-handling mechanism when the **`new`** operator fails to allocate memory, and enable compilation of the C++ Standard Libraries|
+|[`_set_new_mode`](../c-runtime-library/reference/set-new-mode.md)|Set the new handler mode for **`malloc`**|
 
 ## See also