garbage collector

garbage collector

English

Noun

garbage collector (plural garbage collectors)

1. (US, Canada) A worker who removes refuse.
2. (programming) An algorithm, procedure or thread dedicated to garbage collection: reclaiming resources which are no longer in use.

Synonyms

• (worker who removes refuse): (UK) bin man, (UK) dustman, (US, Canada) garbage man, (Australia) garbo, (UK) refuse collector, (US, Canada) sanitation engineer, (US, Canada) trashman, (India) Kabaadi

Hypernyms

• collector

Related terms

• garbage collect
• garbage collection

Translations

worker

Czech: popelář (cs) m Finnish: roskakuski French: éboueur (fr) m German: Müllmann (de) m (normal); Müllwerker (de) m (officialese); Müllfrau f, Müllwerkerin f Greek: σκουπιδιάρης (el) m (skoupidiáris) Icelandic: ruslakarl m Italian: netturbino (it) m, spazzino (it) m, operatore ecologico m

Polish: śmieciarz (pl) m Portuguese: lixeiro (pt) m, lixeira (pt) f Romanian: gunoier (ro) m, gunoieră (ro) f Russian: му́сорщик (ru) m (músorščik), му́сорщица (ru) f (músorščica) (woman) Spanish: basurero (es) m, basurera f Turkish: çöpçü (tr)

program

Finnish: roskienkeräin, roskienkerääjä French: ramasse-miettes (fr) m, glaneur de cellules (fr) m, récupérateur de mémoire (fr) m German: Garbage Collector m Icelandic: ruslasafnari m, ruslsafnari m, ruslsópari m

Portuguese: coletor de lixo Russian: сбо́рщик му́сора m (sbórščik músora) Spanish: recolector de basura m