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Definition 2024

garbage_collector

garbage collector

English

Noun

garbage collector ‎(plural garbage collectors)

(US, Canada) A worker who removes refuse.
(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

Translations

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

worker

Czech: popelář (cs) m
Finnish: roskakuski
French: éboueur (fr) m
German: Müllmann (de) m, Müllwerker (de) m (official), 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
Romanian: gunoier (ro) m, gunoieră (ro) f
Russian: му́сорщик (ru) m ‎(músorščik), му́сорщица (ru) f ‎(músorščica) (woman)
Spanish: basurero (es) m
Turkish: çöp toplayıcı, çöpçü (tr)

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