garbage collection

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Noun garbage collection has 1 sense

garbage collection, garbage pickup, trash collection, trash pickup - the collection and removal of garbage
--₁ is a kind of pickup

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Term: Garbage Collection

Definition: Garbage collection refers to the automatic memory management process in computer programming, where the system identifies and reclaims unused memory resources.

Examples:

The Java programming language uses garbage collection to efficiently manage memory.
In C#, the "Dispose" method is called to release unmanaged resources explicitly, whereas the garbage collection takes care of managed resources.

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