---
name: "GlobalDOSAlloc16"
section: "3w"
platform: "linux"
package: "libwine-dev"
version: "1.4.1-4"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/GlobalDOSAlloc16"
---

# GlobalDOSAlloc16(3w)

## NAME

**GlobalDOSAlloc16** (KRNL386.184)

## SYNOPSIS

DWORD GlobalDOSAlloc16\
  (\
   DWORD *size*\
  )

## PARAMS

**\[In\]**  Number of bytes to be allocated.

## DESCRIPTION

Allocate memory in the first **MB**.

## RETURNS

Address (**HW**=Paragraph segment; **LW**=Selector)

## IMPLEMENTATION

Declared in **"wine/winbase16.h"**.

Implemented in **"dlls/krnl386.exe16/global.c"**.

Debug channel **"global"**.