garbage collector

Noun

Meaning

someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

garbage-collector

Synonyms

dustman garbage man refuse collector coon picker refuse collector scavenger garbo garbage truck garbageman trashman garbage carter garbage hauler bin man
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Hypernyms

hauler haulier

Related terms

garbage collection garbage collect

Examples

You see, the Caml garbage collector is like a god from ancient mythology: mighty, but very irritable. If you mess with it, it'll make you suffer in surprising ways. Xavier Leroy

What I do quite honestly and seriously and not in any way being humble is not as important as what the garbage collector does. People make actors important. James Caan

A replacement garbage collector for Applesoft BASIC published in Call-A. Source: Internet

All modern SSDs have a native garbage collector, do write-wear leveling, etc. in their proprietary FTL (flash translation layer) so reality is a lot of the work has already be done. Source: Internet

A large amount of work tool place during the 1.2 cycle to further improve the performance of the garbage collector. Source: Internet

A softly reachable object may be garbage collected at the discretion of the garbage collector. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

garbage collect garbage collected garbage collection garbage containing bag garbage culprit garbage day