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 (de) f
• Greek: σκουπιδιάρης (el) m (skoupidiáris)
• Icelandic: ruslakarl m
• Italian: netturbino (it) m, spazzino (it) m, operatore ecologico m
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• 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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: coletor de lixo
• Russian: сбо́рщик му́сора m (sbórščik músora)
• Spanish: recolector de basura m