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Garbage collection



 
  Garbage collection may refer to:

  • Waste collection
    Waste collection

    Garbage Collection redirects here. For the topic as related to computing, see Garbage collection Waste collection is the component of waste management which results in the passage of a waste type from the source of production to either the point of list of waste treatment technologies final landfill....
    , one part of the municipal waste management cycle.
  • Garbage collection (computer science)
    Garbage collection (computer science)

    In computer science, garbage collection is a form of automatic memory management. The garbage collector, or just collector, attempts to reclaim garbage , or memory used by Object that will never be accessed or mutated again by the Application software....
    , the detection and pruning of unused or inaccessible data structures.


See also


  • Waste
    WASTE

    WASTE is a peer-to-peer and friend-to-friend protocol and software application developed by Justin Frankel at Nullsoft in 2003 that features instant messaging, chat rooms and file browsing/sharing capabilities....