garbage collector

See also: Garbage Collector and garbage-collector

English

Alternative forms

• garbage-collector

Noun

garbage collector (plural garbage collectors)

1. (US, Canada) A worker who removes refuse.
2. (programming) An algorithm, procedure or thread dedicated to garbage collection: reclaiming resources which 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.

Synonyms

• (worker who removes refuse): (UK) bin man, (UK) dustman, (US, Canada) garbage man, (Australia) garbo, (UK) refuse collector, (US, Canada) sanitation engineer, (US, Canada) trashman, (India) Kabaadi, see Thesaurus:garbage collector

Hypernyms

• collector

Related terms

• garbage collect
• garbage collection

Translations

worker

Arabic: جَامِع الْمُخَلَّفَات (jāmiʕ al-muḵallafāt), جَامِعَة الْمُخَلَّفَات f (jāmiʕa(t) al-muḵallafāt) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܲܢܵܫܵܐ ܕܙܸܒܠܵܐ m (kanāšā d-ziblā), ܟܲܢܵܫܬܵܐ ܕܙܸܒܠܵܐ f (kanāštā d-ziblā) Belarusian: смяця́р m (smjacjár), смяця́рка f (smjacjárka) Bikol Central: basurero Bulgarian: боклукчи́я m (boklukčíja), боклукчи́йка f (boklukčíjka) Catalan: escombriaire (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 清潔隊員 / 清洁队员 Czech: popelář (cs) m, popelářka f Dutch: vuilnisman (nl) m, vuilnisvrouw f, vuilnisophaler (nl) m Finnish: roskakuski (fi) French: éboueur (fr) m, éboueuse (fr) f German: Müllmann (de) m (normal); Müllwerker (de) m (officialese); Müllfrau (de) f, Müllwerkerin (de) f Greek: σκουπιδιάρης (el) m (skoupidiáris) Hungarian: kukás (hu) Icelandic: ruslakarl m, sorphreinsunarmaður m, öskukarl m Italian: netturbino (it) m, spazzino (it) m, operatore ecologico m Macedonian: ѓубретар m (ǵubretar), ѓубретарка f (ǵubretarka) Polish: śmieciarz (pl) m, śmieciarka (pl) f Portuguese: lixeiro (pt) m, lixeira (pt) f Romanian: gunoier (ro) m, gunoieră (ro) f Russian: му́сорщик (ru) m (músorščik), му́сорщица (ru) f (músorščica) (woman) Slovak: smetiar m, smetiarka f Spanish: basurero (es) m, basurera f Swedish: sophämtare (sv) c, sopgubbe (sv) c (garbage man) Turkish: çöpçü (tr) Ukrainian: сміття́р m (smittjár), сміття́рка f (smittjárka)

program

Finnish: roskienkeräin, roskienkerääjä French: ramasse-miettes (fr) m, glaneur de cellules (fr) m, récupérateur de mémoire (fr) m German: Garbage Collector m Greek: συλλέκτης απορριμάτων m (sylléktis aporrimáton) Icelandic: ruslasafnari m, ruslsafnari m, ruslsópari m Portuguese: coletor de lixo Russian: сбо́рщик му́сора m (sbórščik músora) Spanish: recolector de basura m Swedish: skräpsamlare c