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garbage collection N Am U

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garbage collection

recogida f de basura

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collection [Am kəˈlɛkʃ(ə)n, Brit kəˈlɛkʃ(ə)n] N

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1.2. collection U (act of fetching):

the goods are ready for collection

puede recoger or pasar a buscar las mercancías

children must wait for collection by their parents

los niños deben esperar a que sus padres los recojan or pasen a buscar

1.3. collection C (of mail, refuse):

garbage [Am ˈɡɑrbɪdʒ, Brit ˈɡɑːbɪdʒ] N U

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2. garbage (worthless things) inf:

a load of old garbage

un montón de cachivaches or de porquerías

this book is absolute garbage

este libro es una auténtica porquería

they say she's going, but that's garbage

dicen que se va, pero son puras estupideces inf

they say she's going, but that's garbage

dicen que se va, pero son puras macanas RioPl inf

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recogida de basuras

garbage collection Am

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collection [kəˈlekʃən] N

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1. collection (money gathered):

collection REL

2. collection (object collected):

3. collection (large number):

4. collection (act of getting):

garbage [ˈgɑ:bɪdʒ, Am ˈgɑ:r-] N no pl Am, Aus

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to take the garbage out

sacar la basura

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Early in his term, he did exactly what he said he would do, privatizing some garbage collection and getting the motor vehicle tax repealed. www.theglobeandmail.com

To reduce the overhead incurred by this garbage collection, most implementations avoid purely circular logs and divide up their storage into segments. en.wikipedia.org

Garbage collection is subcontracted to a private company. en.wikipedia.org

Coalescence and related techniques like heap compaction, can be used in garbage collection. en.wikipedia.org

Note that in modern parlance, this kind of operation might be called defragmentation or garbage collection; data compression nowadays refers to a different, more complicated concept. en.wikipedia.org

These municipalities provide local government services, including roads, water, sewer and garbage collection among others, and a variety of programs to their residents. en.wikipedia.org

It may therefore occasionally be necessary to perform a full mark and sweep or copying garbage collection to reclaim all available space. en.wikipedia.org

The garbage collection fee was based upon the percentage of each electricity bill so that the garbage collection fee increases proportionately to electricity consumption. en.wikipedia.org

The city decentralized responsibility for garbage collection so thoroughly that each individual street sweeper answers for a specific stretch of road. www.globalpost.com

Active reforestation and garbage collection programs have also been undertaken to restore the environment. en.wikipedia.org

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