GARBAGE COLLECTOR - Translation from English into German

in the PONS Dictionary

ˈgar·bage col·lec·tor N Am, Can (dustman)

garbage collector: Müllmann m <-(e)s, -männer> inf

garbage collector: Kehrichtmann m CH

garbage collector: Müllwerker m <-s, -> form

in the PONS Dictionary

col·lec·tor [kəˈlektəʳ, Am -ɚ] N

1. collector (of objects):

collector: Sammler(in) m (f) <-s, ->

stamp collector: Briefmarkensammler(in) m (f) <-s, -; -, -nen>

2. collector (of payments):

collector: Gebühreneintreiber(in) m (f)

collector of cash: Kassierer(in) m (f) <-s, ->

tax collector: Steuereintreiber(in) m (f)

3. collector ELEC:

collector: Stromabnehmer m <-s, ->

gar·bage [ˈgɑ:bɪʤ, Am ˈgɑ:r-] N no pl

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

garbage: Müll m <-(e)s>

garbage: Abfall m <-s, -fäl·le>

garbage: CH a. Kehricht m

COMPUT garbage in, garbage out: Garbage in, Garbage out sl

there's nothing wrong with the software — it's a clear case of garbage in, garbage out: mit der Software ist alles in Ordnung — wenn der Input Müll ist, taugt auch der Output nichts inf

to take the garbage out: den Müll rausbringen inf

2. garbage pej:

garbage (nonsense): Blödsinn m <-(e)s> pej inf

garbage (nonsense): Quatsch m <-(e)s> pej inf

garbage (nonsense): Müll m <-(e)s> fig pej inf

garbage (useless data): Müll m <-(e)s>

garbage (useless data): Schrott m <-(e)s>

to talk garbage: Blödsinn reden inf pej

to talk garbage: [nur] Müll erzählen inf pej

3. garbage Am sl:

garbage (stuff): Zeug[s] nt pej inf

garbage (junk): Mist m <-es> pej inf

garbage (junk): Müll m <-(e)s> fig pej inf

garbage (bad literature): Schund m <-(e)s> pej inf

4. garbage (radio interference):

garbage: Rauschen nt <-s; kein Pl>

OpenDict entry

collector N

bill collector: Schuldeneintreiber(in) mf inf

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It was thrown out with the garbage and was subject to a police investigation when it was discovered by the garbage collector.

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This new garbage collector has many advantages over a traditional conservative scanner.

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

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Reference counting alone can not move objects to improve cache performance, so high performance collectors implement a tracing garbage collector as well.

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

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