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   garbage collection

   noun

   • 1. the action or process of collecting refuse for disposal: North American "municipal garbage collection in the neighbourhood is inadequate"
   • ▪ the automatic process of making space in a computer's memory by removing data that is no longer required or in use: North American "the easiest way to determine if our application is burning through memory is to examine the garbage collection logs"

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