"garbage collect" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: garbage collects [present, singular, third-person], garbage collecting [participle, present], garbage collected [participle, past], garbage collected [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Programming Translations (to reclaim resources no longer in use): siivota muisti (Finnish), ramasser les miettes (French), safna rusli (Icelandic), çöp toplama (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-garbage_collect-en-verb-9evCXsvA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 57 43 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences Disambiguation of 'to reclaim resources no longer in use': 63 37
  2. (programming, transitive) To destroy (an object that is no longer in use) during the process of garbage collection Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Programming
    Sense id: en-garbage_collect-en-verb-zwHVH9m9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 49 51 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: GC Hypernyms: collect Related terms: garbage collection, garbage collector

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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