What is the difference between malloc() and calloc()?

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Issues	calloc()	malloc()
Description	The malloc() function allocates a single block of requested memory.	The calloc() function allocates multiple blocks of requested memory.
Initialization	It initializes the content of the memory to zero.	It does not initialize the content of memory, so it carries the garbage value.
Number of arguments	It consists of two arguments.	It consists of only one argument.
Return value	It returns a pointer pointing to the allocated memory.	It returns a pointer pointing to the allocated memory.

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