"reference counting" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} reference counting (uncountable)
  1. (computing) The technique of storing the number of handles, pointers, or references to a resource such as a block of memory, disk space, or an object, so that the system can determine when the resource is no longer in use. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Computing Hypernyms: counting Translations (act of making a count): viitelaskenta (Finnish), Referenzzählung [feminine] (German), referansetelling [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål)
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