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garbage collectors

garbage collectors is the plural of garbage collector.

Meaning of garbage collector

Noun

garbage collector (plural garbage collectors)

  1. (Canada, US) 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.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    bin man
  2. 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.2002, Patrick Niemeyer, Jonathan Knudsen, Learning Java, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 135

Questions about garbage collectors

What is garbage collectors the plural of?
Garbage collectors is the plural of garbage collector.

Words near garbage collectors in the dictionary

  1. garbage collect
  2. garbage collected
  3. garbage collection
  4. garbage collections
  5. garbage collector
  6. garbage collectors
  7. garbage day
  8. garbage days
  9. garbage disposal
  10. garbage disposal unit
  11. garbage disposal units

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