garbage collect
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garbage collect (third-person singular simple present garbage collects, present participle garbage collecting, simple past and past participle garbage collected)Category:English lemmas#GARBAGECOLLECTCategory:English verbs#GARBAGECOLLECTCategory:English multiword terms#GARBAGECOLLECTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#GARBAGECOLLECTCategory:Pages with entries#GARBAGE%20COLLECTCategory:Pages with 1 entry#GARBAGE%20COLLECT
- (programmingCategory:en:Programming#GARBAGECOLLECT) To reclaim resources which are no longer in use; to run a garbage collector.
- (programmingCategory:en:Programming#GARBAGECOLLECT, transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#GARBAGECOLLECT) To destroy (an object that is no longer in use) during the process of garbage collection
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to reclaim resources no longer in use
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