• A C++11 feature that enables efficient transfer of resources from temporary or unwanted objects by “moving” their contents rather than copying them, avoiding expensive duplication of data. It uses rvalue references (&&) and move constructors and assignment operators to transfer ownership of resources like dynamically allocated memory, leaving the source object in a valid but unspecified state. Move semantics improves performance for resource-heavy objects and enables perfect forwarding.

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