NEW
is used to request a chunk of memory that is reserved for your application, usually to how a structure of data.
Do not mix, New and FreeMem, or GetMem and Dispose, internally they are using different regions of memory.
Type
PUserData = ^UserData;
UserData = Packed Record
Username:String[36];
Password:String[40];
{.. more fields here ..}
var
UserRec=PUserData;
Begin
New(UserRec);
UserRec^.Username:='Ozz Nixon';
UserRec^.Password:=SHA1('MySecret');
{.. more stuff ..}
// When finished:
Dispose(UserRec);
End.
Source: Reserved Words