garbage collector
noun[C]
uk/ˈɡɑː.bɪdʒ kəˌlek.tər/us/ˈɡɑːr.bɪdʒ kəˌlek.tɚ/garbage collectornoun[C](GARBAGE MAN/COMPANY)
US
apersonorcompanywhosejobisremovingand gettingridofrubbish:
Yourgarbagecollectormay notaccepta usedcomputerastrash.
AlaskaWaste is the state'slargestgarbagecollector.
- Walt is aretiredgarbagecollector.
- The men aretypicallyhiredasstreetcleanersorgarbagecollectors.
- Heworkedas agarbagecollectorandrooferbeforefindinghis way intotelevision.
Social services & sanitation
- aftercare
- aid worker
- assisted living
- assisted living facility
- binman
- care
- cared-for
- day care
- garbage man
- in carephrase
- looked-after
- meals on wheels
- multi-service
- public service
- refuse collector
- sanitary
- sanitation
- sanitation worker
- social care
- social service
garbage collectornoun[C](COMPUTER PROGRAM)
computingspecialized
aprogramthatautomaticallyremovesunwanteddatafrom a computer'smemory:
Thegarbagecollector’smaintaskis toallocateandreleasememoryforyourapplication.
Memory isallocatedasneededandreclaimedby thegarbagecollectorwhen it is nolongerneeded.
Synonyms
binman
dustman
garbage manUSinformal
refuse collectorUKformal
sanitation workerUS
- You should not rely on thegarbagecollectortoreleasethedatafrommemoryautomatically.
- Thegarbagecollector'soptimizingenginedeterminesthebesttimetoperformacollection.
- The iMAX-432operatingsystemincludesthesoftwareportionof thegarbagecollector.
Computer programming & software
- abandonware
- ad-blocker
- ad-blocking
- adware
- analytics
- cheat
- facial recognition
- facial recognition software
- femtech
- file system
- GIF
- infection
- planner
- routine
- software package
- splash screen
- story mode
- syntactic
- syntactically
- system software