Automatic memory allocation

Imagine you have a toy box, and you want to store all of your toys in it. Now, you don't want to just throw everything in and hope it fits. You want to put each toy in its own spot, so it's easy to find later.

Your brain does the same thing with information in a computer. When you run a program, your computer needs to store information to use later. Just like your toy box, your computer has a place to store this information called "memory".

When you tell your computer to create a new variable (like a toy), it needs to find a spot in the memory to store it. This is called "memory allocation". Automatic memory allocation means that the computer does this for you automatically, without you needing to think about it too much.

Let's say you're playing a game on your computer, and you need to keep track of your high score. You might tell the computer to create a new variable called "high score" and assign it a value of 0 (since you haven't scored any points yet).

The computer will automatically find an unused spot in the memory to store this variable, and it will remember that "high score" is stored in that specific spot. Later, if you need to update your high score, the computer will know exactly where to find it in the memory and update it accordingly.

So, automatic memory allocation is like having a toy box with compartments already built in. When you add a new toy (variable) to your computer's memory, it automatically finds a spot to put it in without you needing to worry about it.