garbage collector
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garbage collector
noun garbage collectors · garbage-collector
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A worker who removes refuse, especially from properties.
the mayor of Maycomb asked us to please help the garbage collector by dumping our own trees and trash.
Similar: bin man
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An algorithm, procedure or thread dedicated to garbage collection: reclaiming resources which are no longer in use.
Java uses a technique known as garbage collection to remove objects that are no longer needed. The garbage collector is Java's grim reaper.
Similar: GC, dustman, garbage man, garbo, refuse collector, sanitation engineer, trashman, Kabaadi, binman, garbage collector, garbageman, trash man
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noun program
| Español | recolector de basura |
|---|---|
| Português | coletor de lixo |
| Français | ramasse-miettes, glaneur de cellules, récupérateur de mémoire |
| Deutsch | Garbage Collector |
| Ελληνικά | συλλέκτης απορριμάτων sylléktis aporrimáton |
| Русский | сбо́рщик му́сора sbórščik músora |
noun worker
| Español | basurero, basurera |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 清潔隊員 /清洁队员 |
| Português | lixeiro, lixeira |
| Français | éboueur, éboueuse |
| Deutsch | Müllmann, Müllwerker, Müllfrau, Müllwerkerin |
| Italiano | netturbino, spazzino, operatore ecologico |
| Ελληνικά | σκουπιδιάρης skoupidiáris |
| Română | gunoier, gunoieră |
| Русский | му́сорщик músorščik, му́сорщица músorščica |
| العربية | جَامِع الْمُخَلَّفَات jāmiʕ al-muḵallafāt, جَامِعَة الْمُخَلَّفَات |
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title = {garbage collector},
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year = {2026},
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