Noun
garbage collection (usually uncountable, plural garbage collections)
- (Canada, US) A service, generally run by local government, for transporting household garbage to the appropriate facility.
- Synonym: rubbish collection
- (programming) An automatic mechanism that frees up resources (such as allocated memory) that are no longer in use.
- Synonym: GC
[2002, Patrick Niemeyer, Jonathan Knudsen, Learning Java, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 135:Java uses a technique known as garbage collection to remove objects that are no longer needed. The garbage collector is Java's grim reaper.]
2016, Richard Jones, Antony Hosking, Eliot Moss, The Garbage Collection Handbook, CRC Press, →ISBN:Generational garbage collection has proved to be a highly effective organisation, offering significant performance improvements for a wide range of applications.
Translations
service for transporting household garbage
- Dutch: vuilnisophaling f
- Finnish: jätteiden keräily
- German: Müllabfuhr (de) f
- Greek: αποκομιδή απορριμμάτων f (apokomidí aporrimmáton), συλλογή απορριμμάτων f (syllogí aporrimmáton)
- Hungarian: hulladékszállítás (hu)
- Icelandic: sorphreinsun f
- Irish: bailiú bruscair m
- Italian: nettezza urbana
- Japanese: ごみ回収 (gomi kaishū), ごみ収集 (gomi shūshū)
- Russian: убо́рка му́сора (ru) f (ubórka músora)
- Swedish: sophämtning (sv) c
- Turkish: çöp toplama
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programming
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 垃圾回收 (zh) (lājī huíshōu, lèsè huíshōu)
- Finnish: roskankeruu (fi), roskienkeräys, automaattinen roskienkeräys
- French: ramasse-miettes (fr) m
- German: Freispeichersammlung f, automatische Speicherbereinigung f
- Greek: συλλογή απορριμάτων (el) n (syllogí aporrimáton)
- Icelandic: ruslasöfnun f, ruslsöfnun f, ruslsópun f
- Japanese: ガーベジコレクション (gābeji korekushon)
- Russian: сбо́рка му́сора f (sbórka músora)
- Swedish: skräpsamlare c
- Turkish: çöp toplama
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