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  1. garbage collection:


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Detailed Synonyms for garbage collection in English

garbage collection:

garbage collection [the ~] noun

  1. the garbage collection
    – the collection and removal of garbage 1
    the garbage collection; the trash pickup; the garbage pickup; the trash collection
    – the collection and removal of garbage 1
  2. the garbage collection
    – A process for automatic recovery of heap memory. Blocks of memory that had been allocated but are no longer in use are freed, and blocks of memory still in use may be moved to consolidate the free memory into larger blocks. 2
    the GC; the garbage collection
    – A process for automatic recovery of heap memory. Blocks of memory that had been allocated but are no longer in use are freed, and blocks of memory still in use may be moved to consolidate the free memory into larger blocks. 2

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Related Definitions for "garbage collection":

  1. the collection and removal of garbage1
  2. A process for automatic recovery of heap memory. Blocks of memory that had been allocated but are no longer in use are freed, and blocks of memory still in use may be moved to consolidate the free memory into larger blocks.2

Related Synonyms for garbage collection