Usually means: Reclaim memory from unused objects.
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  1. garbage collect: Wiktionary
  2. garbage collect: Dictionary.com

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  1. garbage collect: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. garbage collect: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (garbage collect)

verb:  (programming) To reclaim resources which are no longer in use; to run a garbage collector.
verb:  (programming, transitive) To destroy (an object that is no longer in use) during the process of garbage collection

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