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+
+.. currentmodule:: pyarrow
+
+.. _api.memory:
+
+Buffers and Memory
+==================
+
+In-Memory Buffers
+-----------------
+
+Factory Functions
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. autosummary::
+ :toctree: ../generated/
+
+ allocate_buffer
+ py_buffer
+ foreign_buffer
+
+Classes
+~~~~~~~
+
+.. autosummary::
+ :toctree: ../generated/
+
+ Buffer
+ ResizableBuffer
+
+Miscellaneous
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. autosummary::
+ :toctree: ../generated/
+
+ Codec
+ compress
+ decompress
+
+.. _api.memory_pool:
+
+Memory Pools
+------------
+
+.. autosummary::
+ :toctree: ../generated/
+
+ MemoryPool
+ default_memory_pool
+ jemalloc_memory_pool
+ mimalloc_memory_pool
+ system_memory_pool
+ jemalloc_set_decay_ms
+ set_memory_pool
+ log_memory_allocations
+ total_allocated_bytes