English Explanatory Dictionary

reference counting

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The technique of storing the number of handles, pointers, or references to a resource such as a block of memory, disk space, or an object, so that the system can determine when the resource is no longer in use.

Word forms

reference counting
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