English Explanatory Dictionary

garbage collection

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A service, generally run by local government, for transporting household garbage to the appropriate facility.
  2. An automatic mechanism that frees up resources (such as allocated memory) that are no longer in use.

Word forms

garbage collection garbage collections

Synonyms

rubbish collection GC

Related words

garbage collect garbage collector

Derived words

GC
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