garbage collect

English

Verb

garbage collect (third-person singular simple present garbage collects, present participle garbage collecting, simple past and past participle garbage collected)

1. (programming) To reclaim resources which are no longer in use; to run a garbage collector.
2. (programming, transitive) To destroy (an object that is no longer in use) during the process of garbage collection

Synonyms

• GC

Hypernyms

• collect

Related terms

• garbage collection
• garbage collector

 

Translations

to reclaim resources no longer in use

• Finnish: siivota muisti
• French: ramasser les miettes
• Icelandic: safna rusli
• Turkish: çöp toplama