garbage collect

== English == === Verb === garbage collect (third-person singular simple present garbage collects, present participle garbage collecting, simple past and past participle garbage collected) (programming) To reclaim resources which are no longer in use; to run a garbage collector. (programming, transitive) To destroy (an object that is no longer in use) during the process of garbage collection ==== Synonyms ==== GC ==== Hypernyms ==== collect ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ====