garbage collect

English

Verb

garbage collect (third-person singular simple present garbage collects, present participle garbage collecting, simple past and past participle garbage collected)

(programming) To reclaim resources which are no longer in use; to run a garbage collector.
(programming, transitive) To destroy (an object that is no longer in use) during the process of garbage collection

Synonyms

GC

Hypernyms

collect

Related terms

Translations

to reclaim resources no longer in use

Finnish: siivota muisti
French: ramasser les miettes
Icelandic: safna rusli
Turkish: çöp toplama

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