title: Does JVM store memory in system ? If so, how to clear it?
body: <p>I am running an application using NetBeans and in the project properties I have set the Max JVM heap space to 1 GiB.</p>
  
  <p>But still, the application crashes with Out of Memory.</p>
  
  <p>Does the JVM have memory stored in system? If so how to clear that memory?</p>