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garbage collector, garbage man N Am

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garbage collector Am

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collector [Brit kəˈlɛktə, Am kəˈlɛktər] N

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1. collector (of coins, stamps, antiques etc):

collectionneur/-euse m/f

to be a stamp collector

collectionner les timbres

3. collector:

collector ELEC, RADIO

garbage [Brit ˈɡɑːbɪdʒ, Am ˈɡɑrbɪdʒ] N U

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2. garbage (nonsense):

garbage fig

to talk garbage

débiter des âneries

3. garbage COMPUT:

données fpl incorrectes

garbage in garbage out COMPUT

à instructions incorrectes, résultats incorrects

garbage in garbage out fig

on ne fait pas de bon pain avec du mauvais levain

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garbage collector N Am, Can

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collector N

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1. collector (one who gathers objects):

collectionneur(-euse) m (f)

a stamp collector

un(e) philatéliste

2. collector (one who collects payments):

collecteur(-trice) m (f)

a tax collector

garbage [ˈgɑ:bɪdʒ, Am ˈgɑ:r-] N no pl

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1. garbage Am, Aus, Can (household rubbish):

to take the garbage out

sortir les poubelles

2. garbage pej (nonsense, useless ideas):

to talk garbage

dire des âneries

Phrases:

garbage in, garbage out COMPUT

qualité des entrées = qualité des sorties

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It is sometimes referred to as the garbage collector by locals. en.wikipedia.org

For example, it needs a dedicated garbage collector to remove unused nodes from the cache. en.wikipedia.org

The problem of lacking registers was solved by a new conservative garbage collector. en.wikipedia.org

The compacting garbage collector can run either synchronously or asynchronously within its own thread. en.wikipedia.org

A softly reachable object may be garbage collected at the discretion of the garbage collector. en.wikipedia.org

The garbage collector can treat a weakly reachable object graph as unreachable and deallocate it. en.wikipedia.org

It featured no gangsters, but instead a deaf garbage collector who is determined to learn how to surf after discovering a broken surfboard. en.wikipedia.org

The garbage collector helps to reduce (not completely though) the frequency of these errors. en.wikipedia.org

The garbage collector uses generations and the virtual memory is divided into areas. en.wikipedia.org

The garbage collector runs in the background, turning "dirty" blocks into "free" blocks. en.wikipedia.org

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