garbage collection

== English == === Noun === garbage collection (usually uncountable, plural garbage collections) (Canada, US) A service, generally run by local government, for transporting household garbage to the appropriate facility. Synonym: rubbish collection (programming) An automatic mechanism that frees up resources (such as allocated memory) that are no longer in use. Synonym: GC ==== Derived terms ==== GC ==== Related terms ==== garbage collect garbage collector ==== Translations ====