👉 In the context of computer science, a retrenchable object is an object that can be re-allocated or re-sized to fit within its allocated memory space. This allows for efficient use and reuse of resources in software systems. For example, consider a 1024-bit integer. A retrenched integer would have a size of 512 bits (since each bit represents a byte). This is because the original 16-bit integer has a maximum size of 32 bits