garbage collector

• Personne dont le métier consiste à collecter et à évacuer les déchets ménagers, ou en informatique, processus automatique de gestion de la mémoire qui libère la mémoire inutilisée.

A person whose job is to collect and remove household waste, or in computing, an automatic memory management process that reclaims unused memory.

1. Waste collection workerA2formal

   A person employed to collect and remove household or industrial waste.

   éboueur

   • The garbage collector comes every Tuesday morning.
   • My neighbor works as a garbage collector for the city.
   • Garbage collectors play an important role in keeping our streets clean.

2. C1formal

   An automatic memory management system in programming that reclaims memory occupied by objects no longer in use.

   Ramasse-miettes

   • Java has a built-in garbage collector that handles memory cleanup.
   • The garbage collector runs periodically to free up unused memory.
   • Programmers can tune the garbage collector for better performance.