Automatic Memory Management

GPTKB entity

Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Computer Science Concept
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Garbage Collection
gptkbp:cause Performance overhead
Unpredictable pause times
gptkbp:commonIn gptkb:Java
gptkb:JavaScript
gptkb:Python
gptkb:C#
gptkb:C++
C
gptkbp:contrastsWith Manual memory management
gptkbp:enables Automatic reclamation of unused memory
gptkbp:firstAppearance gptkb:Lisp
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Automatic Memory Management
gptkbp:implementedIn Garbage Collector
gptkbp:importantFor Managed runtime environments
gptkbp:purpose Manage allocation and deallocation of memory
gptkbp:reduces Memory leaks
Dangling pointers
gptkbp:relatedTo Reference counting
Mark-and-sweep
Generational garbage collection
Memory fragmentation
Tracing garbage collection
gptkbp:removes Manual memory management
gptkbp:usedIn Programming Languages
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Garbage_Collector
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6