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Definition 2024
garbage_collection
garbage collection
English
Noun
garbage collection (usually uncountable, plural garbage collections)
- A service, generally run by local government, for transporting household garbage to the appropriate facility.
- (programming) A mechanism which ensures that resources no longer in use are made available for reuse, automatic garbage collection.
- Automatic garbage collection isn’t foolproof, but it eliminates large classes of memory errors.
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service for transporting household garbage
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