Dictionary

garbage collection en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (Canada, US, uncountable, usually) A service, generally run by local government, for transporting household garbage to the appropriate facility.
2. (uncountable, usually) An automatic mechanism that frees up resources (such as allocated memory) that are no longer in use.
   • Java uses a technique known as garbage collection to remove objects that are no longer needed. The garbage collector is Java's grim reaper. [2002, Patrick Niemeyer, Jonathan Knudsen, Learning Java, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 135:
   • Generational garbage collection has proved to be a highly effective organisation, offering significant performance improvements for a wide range of applications. 2016, Richard Jones, Antony Hosking, Eliot Moss, The Garbage Collection Handbook, CRC Press, →ISBN:

Forms

Deriveds

GC

Relateds

garbage collector · garbage collect

Synonyms

rubbish collection · GC

Translations (29)

is sorphreinsun (service for transporting household garbage) · fr ramasse-miettes (programming) · ja ごみ収集 (service for transporting household garbage) · de Freispeichersammlung (programming) · fi roskienkeräys (programming) · el συλλογή απορριμμάτων (service for transporting household garbage) · fi automaattinen roskienkeräys (programming) · ga bailiú bruscair (service for transporting household garbage) · cmn 垃圾回收 (programming) · el συλλογή απορριμάτων (programming) · is ruslasöfnun (programming) · de automatische Speicherbereinigung (programming) · is ruslsöfnun (programming) · sv skräpsamlare (programming) · it nettezza urbana (service for transporting household garbage) · fi roskankeruu (programming) · de Müllabfuhr (service for transporting household garbage) · el αποκομιδή απορριμμάτων (service for transporting household garbage) · sv sophämtning (service for transporting household garbage) · ja ごみ回収 (service for transporting household garbage) · is ruslsópun (programming) · tr çöp toplama (programming) · hu hulladékszállítás (service for transporting household garbage) · ja ガーベジコレクション (programming) · ru сбо́рка му́сора (programming) · tr çöp toplama (service for transporting household garbage) · fi jätteiden keräily (service for transporting household garbage) · nl vuilnisophaling (service for transporting household garbage) · ru убо́рка му́сора (service for transporting household garbage)