"reference counting" meaning in English

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        "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."
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          "block of memory",
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        "(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."
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "act of making a count",
          "word": "viitelaskenta"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "act of making a count",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Referenzzählung"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "act of making a count",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
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          "word": "referansetelling"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "reference counting"
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "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."
      ],
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          "block of memory",
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          "disk space",
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        "(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."
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of making a count",
      "word": "viitelaskenta"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of making a count",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Referenzzählung"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "act of making a count",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "referansetelling"
    }
  ],
  "word": "reference counting"
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